what it takes...

This past semester, in one of my ChEE classes, Blowers had us write down our goals. He wanted us to be detailed and realistic, but still high. I came across mine the other day and thought I'd share them.

• get master's degree in metallurgy
• have a winter or summer cabin (either in the mountains or by a lake, respectively)
• buy my parents a new house
• have a beagle puppy I can name Copper (Cu)
• have multiple pets named after elements off the periodic table (like Molybedinum, or Moly for short, Titanium = Ty, Magnesium = Magie, Nitrogen = Nitro, and so on...)
• have a high paying job that I love and enjoy near home
• be able to travel when I retire (and some before I retire)
• have a home where I have my own pond with ducks and fish
• develop some new, crazy, efficient way of processing minerals
• have amazinly smart & responsible kids (raise them like I was raised)
• learn how to play the guitar, piano, drums, & cello - in no particular order
• when my parents get older, I want to be able to care for them
• take my kids on a train across some states
• swim with dolphins
• have a cd collection as big as my dad's - actually bigger
• meet someone who doesn't mind spoiling me every once in a while
• go see the Suns play live
• be able to sit at home for a day and do nothing but play video games, watch tv, and sleep
• make someone else's life better