Only 7 of 30?!

When I made the suggestion to myself last August that I should attempt to do 30 things this year in honor of turning 30, I thought that would be a piece of cake. It probably is to some people, but I found myself trying to come up with a list of things to do before doing them. At that rate, I'd be 43 before my 30 things were started. Oh, I have a working bucket list, but I decided to go easy on myself and count things as they come. As of tonight, my total is seven. Yes, seven things I'd never done have been accomplished in four months, and here they are:

1. I had my gallbladder removed. It seems it decided to stop functioning, so I paid a guy to cut it out. I'm much happier being able to eat again.
   
2. A month and a half later, I was attending a Navy Ball with a guy I hardly knew. It seems that the friend (my date) of the sister of a friend of a friend of my mom's (yes, I'm serious) was in need of a last minute date. I don't normally agree to situations like that, but he came highly recommended; I needed an item for my bucket list; and what gal who loves sea stories can resist a whole room full of men in dress blues? Interestingly, we didn't dance at all, but it was a lovely evening.
   
3. The evening was so fun, two weeks later, we decided to attend an opera at the new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
   
4. In the midst of Navy Ball-ing, I took a two-Saturday class on making yeast breads because until now, yeast was beating me in the face. Now, however, I can show it who's boss and make my own sandwich bread.
   
5. Food is one of my favorite pastimes, so when I had the opportunity to go to the Nelson-Atkins with a friend a few weeks ago, I decided we should eat at Rozelle Court, mostly because I had always wanted to do so.
   
6. One thing I never really thought I'd ever want to do was attend a KU women's basketball game. However, I was convinced to go a few weeks ago because of the half-time show: Russian acrobats. In fact, the game was a lot of fun, so I went the next week, too, and learned the secret KU "hand clap."
   
7. I also discovered the secret of trouser socks this week. My sock stock is rather measly, and I noticed that the socks I was wearing the other day were just awkward. So I scrounged around at the store the other night and found the appropriate type of socks to wear with long pants. I feel my life has changed.
   

Hopefully, I'll fill the other 23 spots on the empty list by next August. If anyone knows how I can do any of the following, let me know:

1. Go ice fishing.
   
2. Visit a state I've never visited.
   
3. Attend an opera at the Met in NYC.
   
4. Go sailing (tentatively planning a trip in late spring/early summer).
   
5. Learn to like beets (got any good recipes?)
   
6. Read Jane Jacob's The Death and Life of Great American Cities (I know; I know; I can't believe I haven't read it either.)
   
7. Learn how to play the piano at a very basic level.
   
8. Take French lessons.