101 in 1001 Days Update

Newly in progress

Learn to drive a manual car.
Recently one of my sisters bought a new car and I was given her old one. It’s a Ford Telstar 1992, and it’s white. I haven’t driven it on the roads yet, but I have been practising along the dirt road on the farm. So far I’m doing okay but finding time to practise is really hard at the moment. Usually it’s dark by the time I get home and all I want to do is eat and go to sleep.

Learn the basics of car maintenance.
When my dad and I were sorting out the change of ownership papers for the aforementioned car, we spotted a hot pink, sparkly book called Essential Car Care for Girls. My dad bought it for me. It’s pretty informative and now I know how the engine works and what various parts are, as well as some useful maintenance information! It’s actually a pretty good book, but it’s definitely written with a girly-girl in mind who may or may not be completely fucking stupid. Probably the latter… I felt my inner-feminist bubbling up a bit during the course of reading it, but I was able to set aside my despair at the blatantly stereotyped target audience and learn a bunch of useful stuff.

Learn French
Well, I’m taking French 101, so yeah. I’m definitely planning on taking the 102 course and possibly continuing on to Stage 2 courses after that.

Create and stick with an exercise plan.
Back in March I joined the gym at university and got an exercise plan created for me. The last couple of weeks have been difficult so I haven’t gone (literally have not had time), but I’m looking forward to getting back into it come Monday!

Read 50 books I’ve never read before, not including ones I have to read for school.
Just read a fantastic book called How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff. It’s about a 15-year-old girls who gets sent to stay with family in England when a modern-day war breaks out (at first I thought it was related to the London Tube bombings, but it wasn’t, plus I can’t remember what year they happened in and it might have been after this was written). Anyway, she falls in love with someone and lots of scary stuff happens and you’re not sure if she’ll be okay and if she’ll find him again, either. The narrative is really well done and I totally cried towards the end!

Newly completed

Ask someone on a date.
Although Josh and I don’t really call them ‘dates’, we do go on them! And I have initiated some of these little dates, too, so I think that counts perfectly fine. We love to go out to eat and also to the movies, amongst other things.

Learn to use the sewing machine and make at least 2 items of clothing all by myself.
Back in late February I made two skirts. Here is a photo of me wearing one of them.