Update on 50 by 50
In October, I celebrated my 50 th birthday. It was a great one! At age 50, I started a new job as a newspaper editor and got a newer vehicle. I feel blessed and grateful. I rode several rollercoasters for my 50th birthday. On Jan. 1 of this year, I decided to do something big for my 5oth birthday by completing a bucket list. I worked up to 70 hours a week in a previous position as an editor, so I didn’t have a chance to complete many items. My goal is to get as many items on this list completed before Dec. 31 with the help of my son James aka The Tall One, and close friend/Road Junkie partner in crime Bennie. One recent adventure was the Masterpiece Escape Room in Indian Trail, N.C. I must confess this was not my first escape room. Bennie and I tried to escape one a a few years ago in Florence and failed. My goal was to complete one successfully. And we did it with little over a minute left. It wasn’t easy. We had to get inside and get out of a hermit’s house. This hermit