Complete: 97. Attend the Giant Pumpkin Regatta

First of all, it's not actually the Giant Pumpkin Regatta. It's the Ginormous Pumpkin Regatta. My apologies. These were not mere giant pumpkins.

We were graced with the presence of both major presidential nominees, as well as the loch ness monster, the little mermaid, and a pumpkin gnome, among others.

It was a quick, drama-filled race which HRC herself won. A foreshadowing of things to come???

After the race we got to see some pumpkins up close and they were even letting people paddle around a bit in them! They were so squishy and slimy I couldn't imagine getting in myself.

Overall, as far as large pumpkin events go, I think I like the pumpkin drop better, but this was a wonderful event. Item completed!

Week 28 Update

This week I really added work for myself: I bought a new cookbook because I couldn't resist, and I've been reading library books instead of what's on my shelf. Oh well! You just gotta do what you wanna do.

I did watch Castle in the Sky for one more off my Ghibli list. Next is Grave of the Fireflies and I'm looking forward to making Garrett sad with that one. He's never seen it.

Speaking of Garrett, I also passed him in Pokemon Go levels from all my walking. I feel a little bad, but only just. If he has to be boring and focus on school, I'm allowed to out-level him in Pokemon Go. :)

Big plans for this week include the Giant Pumpkin Regatta! I learned that not only is it a boat race, but you get to watch them carve the pumpkin-boats beforehand. I'm super excited.

Work on your goals this week! You'll be sad you didn't start sooner.

I will take the ring to Mordor!

So for item 52 of my list I've been walking to Mordor. It's 1779 miles the whole way, and I'm just keeping track of all my walking to decide when I get there.

As of this week, I've walked the 458 miles to Rivendell!

Yay me! Only about 1300 more miles to go!

This week:

• I watched Nausicaa for number 2 in my list of Studio Ghibli films
• I watched Forks Over Knives for my documentary list
• I read King Lear for the first of my Shakespearean plays
• I forgot to take a picture of my lunch, but it was okay because I just went home and took a picture of the other leftovers (shhh! don't tell!)
• I walked 18 miles (only 17 more to get to Rivendell!!!)