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  1. get a library card from the Library of Congress
  2. publish an academic paper
  3. write a children's book
  4. go to a country I've never been to before
  5. save a house downpayment
  6. enroll Bee in swimming lessons
  7. go back to the Outer Banks and take pictures where we got engaged
  8. have a date night at our first-date restaurant
  9. go to a VT home football game
  10. read one book per month outside of schoolwork
  11. review all books read during 999 days on goodreads
  12. adopt a family for each Christmas
  13. become foster care certified/do home study for adoption
  14. join a new choir
  15. do 20 random/anonymous acts of service (0/20)
  16. hike the Huckleberry Trail
  17. go to Claytor Lake
  18. go to Busch Gardens
  19. go to the 2017 Presidential Inauguration (...conditional)
  20. become a VA resident
  21. buy three pieces of original art (0/3)
  22. go to Mount Vernon
  23. tour the White House before the administration changes
  24. go to historical Williamsburg, Yorktown, or Jamestown
  25. go to Montpelier
  26. find a cruelty-free mascara I like
  27. start a group fitness class and go at least once a week for three months
  28. read a Harry Potter book in Portuguese
  29. have a conversation in Portuguese
  30. review and catalog media collection for representation and diversity
  31. buy ethically made/sourced clothes for entire 999 days
  32. go scuba diving with Ricky
  33. visit a certified wildlife sanctuary with Bee
  34. go to a drive-in movie
  35. start composting
  36. go geocaching at least once
  37. take a cooking class OR learn to make a new dish from someone
  38. catch a firefly
  39. learn three new constellations (0/3)
  40. join the Blacksburg Refugee Partnership
  41. attend five new/different religious services (0/5)
  42. donate period supplies to a homeless or women's shelter
  43. pay off all credit card debt
  44. present at an academic conference
  45. own a piece of VT clothing and wear it 
  46. go without makeup for one month
  47. go to the farmer's market at least five times (0/5)
  48. go to NYC for New Year's Eve
  49. visit at least one new state
  50. replace my laptop
  51. write five pieces of flash fiction (0/5)
  52. hear a Supreme Court argument in DC
  53. study in the reading room at the Library of Congress
  54. have family photos taken in autumn
  55. go a Nationals game
  56. grow a plant 
  57. send flowers to someone
  58. eat crab in Maryland
  59. visit Chincoteague/Assoteague and see ponies
  60. visit First Landing State Park
  61. go to Luray Caverns
  62. attend a powwow for a Native Virginia tribe
  63. take Bee to a U-Pick farm
  64. go to a Carbon Leaf concert
  65. learn all the words to a rap song 
  66. mentor someone younger than me
  67. start a conversation with a stranger
  68. see Paul McCartney in concert
  69. go to five restaurant dives (0/5)
  70. leave a 100% tip
  71. go to an arts festival
  72. see the redwood forests in CA
  73. do freezer meal prep for one month
  74. contact five managers to praise good employees (0/5)
  75. walk to campus 100 times (0/100)
  76. complete a will
  77. complete a living well/advance directive
  78. make 72-hour kits for whole family
  79. read five books on investment/personal finance (0/5)
  80. vote in a local election
  81. handwrite three letters to favorite authors (0/3)
  82. once Ricky has a job, put my paychecks entirely toward savings or investments
  83. make at least three significant career contacts (0/3)

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