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My Ten Piece Anti-Bucket List
Thank you to Pamela Oglesby @pamela99 for sharing Keeley Schroder’s May Writing Prompts. Ten things I would not do.
I’m Not Scared
Oh, who am I kidding here? I’m the biggest scaredy cat you’ll ever meet. I suppose you could call me risk averse. However, this is older and wiser me. The younger me did some really stupid stuff. Thankfully I survived them.
My Ten Anti-Bucket List
1. Skydiving is not for me. I can’t imagine testing fate and jumping out of a plane. I don’t even look out of a commercial plane window. It ties my stomach into knots.
2. Rollercoasters tighten the knot. The minute the coaster moves, so does my stomach. Just thinking about all that up and down and twisting around makes me shudder.
3. Deep sea diving is a definite no go for me. I had a near drowning incident when I was 5 years old. I love to swim but I don’t enjoy going under water for long.
4. I will never, as in never ever, touch a snake. I’ve never had a bad experience with one, but they just freak me out. Lizards are fine. I’m probably just a bit weird then.
5. I will never go to a peach orchard to pick my own peaches. I can’t touch a hairy peach or velvet. They feel the same. As I’m writing this sentence, I’m…
