All good things must come to an end...

I'm ending this adventure. Due to some other personal matters that need my attention, I cannot commit  to completing the remaining dares by my deadline of 8/28 (birthday). I apologize if your dare was not done, and I will try to remain open to doing it at another point in my my life.

Thank you for your creative ideas and endless support. I hope at some point I can return the favor. If you've been reading this through the last 18 months, you are aware that there have been a lot of changes, challenges and contemplation on my part. In the end, the only thing I know is consistent in my life is that I never could have imagined where it has taken me thus far, and I'm not able to imagine where it'll take me from here, regardless of my intentions.

I have a 76% success rate, which puts me at about a C-. Luckily, I don't need this to get into a competitive Phd program, so I am satisfied to settle at a mid grade effort.

So the final tally...

Dares received: 29

Dares completed: 22

1. Create a blog
2. Wake up everyday and smile and stretch
3. Get highlights
4. Relax and sample new adventures (on the cheap)
5. Go to a drag show
6. Complete this puzzle
7. Fund-raiser walk
8. Paint a portrait of someone I love(d)
9. Read a fiction classic of at least 300 pages
10. Become a raw food believer for one week
11. Visit my parents in Bellingham
12. Join Match.com for one month
13. Volunteer with a cause you believe in but gets you out of your comfort zone
14. Say hello to strangers
15. Run a 10K
16. Visit the geographic center of the US
17. Take a mud bath trip with my sister
18. Streak nude (you'll see)
19. Read two books by Truman Capote - ok, so I only read one
20. Take a belly dancing class
21. Begin a spiritual journey
22. Ride to the last station on every line on the T

 

Dares busted: 3

1. Visit Wenmiao/The Ghost Market in Shanghai
2. Dance on the Bund with a local Shanghainese
3. Engage Lola in a dog sport or train her to be a therapy dog

Dares abandoned: 4

1. Get 100 people to say thank you
2. Zipline with Anne Essaran
3. Skydive
4. Enter a dancing competition/dance off