Bucket List 2012

Had to think about what I wanted to put on my Bucket List for 2012---someday I should write about my life time Bucket List but that's too much to think about now.  So here goes:

• A Segway tour.  Somehow that became an obsession after my San Diego trip last year.  Couldn't talk any of my co-workers into doing it, and have regretted ever since that I didn't just go by myself.  I'm trying to live with no regrets because you never know what will happen next and this is a big regret.  Was thinking about doing one in Seattle (imagine learning on those hills!) but then that trip was cancelled.  There is a tour in Las Vegas and we just happen to be going there...
• Stay in a 5 Star Hotel.  Stayed in some pretty nice hotels, but never a 5 star one.  So... I booked a SUITE for the weekend later this month when we go to see "Beauty and the Beast" in SLC at the Grand America.  Total splurge!!  If you are interested in seeing how the elite live, then come join us in SLC for dinner and hang out in our suite for a while...  Imagine how snobby I will become after living the high life for a weekend.
• Ride in a race car.  Part of my desire to go fast and say "screw this being sick stuff, I'm still alive" every once in a while.  Have looked into doing this and have a friend at work that is also interested.  Spoke briefly with my transplant coordinator to see if it would be substantially more risky for me than for other people.  She said she wouldn't do it because of my enlarged spleen... but that I should chat with the doctor next week because "you also need to live your life".  Not sure if it counts as a "high risk" non-covered activity with my insurance so I will check into that and that will be a factor as well.  
• Upgrade my camera and continue learning more about photography and making movies.
• Look into some training programs in web design or something else interesting just in case I am on disability so long that my work can no longer hold my job for me.  They are pretty awesome and flexible in working with people, but it is possible that I could be on disability for a long time before getting a transplant  (most people are) and they can't hold a job forever.  Not sure if I would want to start over as a therapist again if that happens, so I want to have other options.  I actually pray a lot that this won't happen.  In my ideal scenario, I come home from work one night and there is a miracle and a perfect match and so I don't have to take a lot of time off before the surgery.  Hard things to think about as I pretty much have my dream job now, great coworkers, and I worked HARD to get there.  
• How about Get a Liver Transplant... ?  Seems like that would be the ultimate thing on my Bucket List and fairly unique because I don't know anyone else that has that as a Bucket List item.  Anyone want to do it with me?  Unfortunately, my acuity score is low still (and according to the doctors not at all accurate for me given the symptoms/side effects I am experiencing) and so I have actually moved down on the list.  That could be a good thing, if I wasn't having all of these bleeding problems.  Maybe if that gets resolved, I will feel a lot better for a while.  
• Enjoy other people's children.  I have always loved kids and since I didn't have any, I also don't have any grandkids to spoil and love.  An experience that I don't want to completely miss out on.