More Than One Season in DC

More Than One Season in DC

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Post-College Bucket List

Personal Health Adventure / Travel Career Philanthropy
Attend a masquerade ball  Become a certified spinning instructor Brazil- World Cup MBA Become a Court Appointed Special Advocate
Be a bridesmaid  Become a certified nutritionist  Bungee jump Become a real estate agent  Donate to charities that empower women
Be the maid of honor Become a certified yoga instructor Chile Create a gym to prevent childhood obesity Join the Junior League
Become a mom, 1 or 2 kids Become a Karate black belt Cliff Dive Go back and work in DC Participate in a charity auction
Build my own home and own it Do 100 consecutive push-ups Climb up the Eiffel Tower Law School, pass bar exam Start my own 501C3 Charity
Dance with my dad at my wedding  Learn how to ride a bike really well Experience zero gravity Own commercial real estate in Austin Start my own foundation
Fall in love  Learn to horseback ride - English & Western  Fly commercial by myself Own condomoniums in Austin
Fall in love with the right guy  Run a Half marathon in Maui, Hawaii Fly in a falcon900 save $100,000
Get a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Run a marathon Fly in a global express Start my own LLC
Get engaged  Run a race in another country  Fly in an AugustaWestland helicopter Study abroad at LSE
Get married in Maui, Hawaii Run the Nike half marathon in DC in April Get lost running in a foreign country Take the GMAT, LSAT, and GRE
Go on stage with David Copperfield Run the Nike Women's half marathon in San Fransisco Go hiking in the Costa Rican Rain forest Work at the United Nations 
Have a masquerade ball Spartan Race Go on an Alaskan expedition Work for Polycel
Have a New Year's Kiss in an incredible location Stand up paddle board Go to the lantern festival in Taiwan Work in a male-dominated environment
Have a New Year's Kiss with someone random Study Yoga in India Go to the ruins of Teotihuacan Mexico  Work in DC
Have a professional photoshoot Take cooking classes Indoor Ski in Dubai Work in Economic Development
Have a professional photoshoot in a European castle Teach spin classes at the Grand Wailea in Hawaii Kiss in a hot air balloon Work in the financial services industry
Have a wild deer eat out of my hand Tough Mudder Ride a Camel
Hold a koala in Australia Triathalon Ride a Gondola in Venice, Italy
Learn archery Road trip across America
Learn German Sand Surf
Learn to fence Scuba Dive in Maui
Learn to ride a motorcycle See the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Live in Austin See the Egyptian pyramids
Live in Europe for 6 months Ski in Colorado
Live in Mexico City for awhile  Skydiving
Live without a roommate  Snowboard
Love someone more than my own life Stand on top of a mountain
Meet Thomas Friedman Surf
Meet Tim Ferriss  Swim with Dolphins  
Sing in public,planned  performance Throw a dart at a map and travel wherever it lands
Take my mom to Paris by ourselves Travel to NYC and run in Central park
Write a book Visit a volcano
Write song lyrics Visit Argentina's Iguazu Falls
Visit Arizona
Visit every continent in the world
Visit Machu Pichu in Peru
Visit New Mexico
Visit South Africa (May 2015) and see the big five
Visit Stonehenge at summer solstice
Visit the 7 wonders of the world
Visit the Grand Canyon
Walk through the tunnel of love in Ukraine 
Watch Formula 1 race
Watch Sumo wrestling in Japan
Zip Line in Maui

Monday, July 23, 2012

Bucket List

1. Skydive
2. Run a Marathon in Hawaii
3. Skeet shoot
4. Fish for salon in Alaska
5. Horseback ride on every continent
6. Get certified as a personal trainer
7. Learn archery
8. Hear Andrea Bocelli in Milan
9. Swim with sharks
10. Ride a hot air balloon (Plano half marathon in September)
11. Hike in the rainforest in Costa Rica
12. Climb Kilamanjaro
13. Ride the orient express
14. Ride an elephant
15. See the Grand Canyon
16. See the northern lights- Aurora Borealis
17. See the amazon in South America
18. Visit Brazil
19. Visit Thailand
20. See Yosemite naitonal park, CA
21. Mount Fuji- Japan
22. See the Sahara desert
23. See the Serengeti, Tanzania
24. See the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
25. Stone Henge, United Kingdom
26. The great wall of China
27. Go Island-hopping in the Caribbean
28. Watch Sumo-Wrestling in Japan

These people fascinate me

- Jesus
- Ghandi
- Buddha
- Carlos Slim
- Bill Gates
- Warren Buffett
- Margaret Thatcher
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Robert Kennedy
- Audrey Hepburn
- Dr. Oz
- Dr. Furham
- Bethanny Frankel
- Jillian Michaels

Oh, the places I'll see...

- Japan (B. Tokyo, I've been there and LOVE it!)
- China (B. Hong Kong Island..technically, not China)
- Thailand
- Germany
- South Africa
- Brazil
- Ibiza
- Turks & Caicos
- Italy- Calla di volpe
- New York (B.)
- DC (B.)



(B= Been there, but will do that ALL over again!)

2012

2012- A lot has happened this year!

- Graduated, went to Mexico to learn about the family business, where I come from, etc.
- John Henry came to visit me in Mexico, went to Puerto Vallarta
- Reunited with my childhood best friend, Martha de la Vega and took spinning classes in Mexico
- Went to Colorado with the Kroegers, Tried skiing for the first time
- Moved to the Four Seasons Residences in Austin, held a 5 de Mayo event
- Became a certified spinning instructor, taught classes at Mecca Gym
- Became a Court Appointed Special Advocate, assigned my first case
- Ran a 10K- Capitol 10K
- Ran a half marathon with John Henry
- Ran a half marathon with Candace, placed 2nd in my age group
- Took the GMAT- MBA program
- Went to Rockport with Melissa, Mindy, Laura, Candace


Thursday, December 2, 2010

The Historic District of Columbia

Hold on... let me look out the window into the streets of Georgetown. Tomorrow I will see the Capitol Hill and the White House either on my way to work or as I attend think tank events as part of my internship with the United Nations Information Center.

I never thought I would do this and still cannot believe I did. I am beyond glad that I did. I have learned much more than I imagined and have grown up faster than I thought.

Friday, June 4, 2010

Summer 2010

FINALLY! Everything is set... sweet summertime!

- Enrolled in 5 summer courses: Gov: US Congress, Gov: International Relations, Marketing
- 19 more days of my internship with Senator Zaffirini
- 26 more days until London
- Getting excited about formal recruitment!
- Working on all my internship applications for the Archer Fellowship