For the last six years, this has been an exciting weekend for me—a time of big dreams and big goals as I look ahead towards a summer of awesomeness. But here we are, on the eve of the May long weekend and I am launching year seven of my 100 Day of Summer Bucket List with no clue what summer will bring.

These are crazy times, friends. I thought about cancelling my list—because almost everything else has been cancelled, but summer is not cancelled, and we need to do what we can to stay positive and embrace the power of fresh summer air. So here I go, a very modified bucket list. I am anticipating some restrictions will be lifted but have decided not to worry about doing my usual carry-overs. Another year, another year without Shakespeare in the Park.

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There’s a good chance that by the power of Dr. Strang, some of these can’t happen, but as the proverb says, “It’s better to have tried and failed than to live life wondering what would’ve happened if I had tried.” —Alfred Lord Tennyson.

As always, the rules are simple, summer starts this weekend (the long weekend of May) and ends on the last day of September. I hope with all my heart, to take on these adventures with family and friends.

1. Sunset walk at Shannon Park
2. Hike with my mom … (six feet apart)
3. Teach Miles how to swim
4. Yoga outside
5. Paddleboard
6. Cocktails by Cameron on the patio … (six feet apart)
7. Master my summer 2020 cocktail
8. Get a manicure from Edie (my 3-year-old niece)
9. Make a peach pie (redemption from last year’s fail)
10. Make a mango pie
11. Make jam
12. Make chutney
13. Make marmalade!
14. Visit McDonald Park
15. Reno the front patio
16. Paint the front patio
17. Dine at Rhubarbs
18. Run with friends/Road Hammers again
19. Run or bike to the Bike and Bean
20. Make plans to travel—Ottawa, Binghamton, Austin and beyond!
21. Have a picnic with a basket and a blanket
22. Eat grape nut ice cream in a cone
23. Make ice cream in a mason jar
24. Hike a trail
25. Bike a trail
26. Run a trail
27. Patio dining and patio drinking… (I hope it’s not my patio only)
28. Learn how to play chess
29. Learn how to play cribbage
30. Visit a beer garden, have a beer … (I hope it’s not my garden only)
31. Paint word rocks and plant them around the North End
32. Learn to garden and grow herbs
33. Make pesto and guacamole from my bounty
34. Sleep in a tent
35. Tale a dip in the ocean
36. Drink beer from a cooler
37. Go for a beach walk… (please please please Dr. Strang)
38. Apply sunscreen every freaking day
39. Get 10,000+ steps every freaking day
40. Swim in my aunt’s pond
41. Night swim
42. Night walk
43. Wine and walk … (six feet apart)
44. Lay in the grass
45. Drink my morning coffee outside
46. Try Dalgona coffee
47. Stroll along the waterfront
48. Go for a joyride with friends playing all our favourite songs and sing loudly
49. Dance in the rain
50. Go for a sandbar walk on the Gulf Shore
51. Make a lightbox
52. Go for a run and jump in the water right after
53. Eat a lobster roll
54. Eat fish tacos
55. Have a lunch date
56. Have a brunch date
57. Plan my 2021 calendars
58. Plan my holiday cards
59. Finish (at least one) photo album
60. Host a backyard outdoor movie night
61. Have a backyard wine-call with my Montreal besties
62. Run and jump off a dock without knowing the temperature of the water
63. Watch the Perseid meteor shower on August 12
64. Send mail every week
65. Go to a drive-in movie
66. Try a new local restaurant—hopefully, eat-in
67. Cook a meal over the fire
68. Find a waterfall
69. Bike to Bedford
70. Only use the clothesline
71. Nova 7 in a can!
72. Get friendship clogs
73. Hangout in a hammock, maybe nap
74. Rent a cottage… (if we can’t burst my parent’s bubble)
75. Make a banana split
76. Make an ice cream cake
77. Make strawberry shortcake
78. Do a push-up challenge
79. Find and photograph lupins
80. Send flowers to a friend
81. Deliver something baked to a friend
82. Eat from a food truck
83. Watch Hamilton
84. Finish reading Little Fires Everywhere
85. Watch Little Fires Everywhere
86. Play tennis
87. Spend an evening on my in-law’s patio… (if we allowed bursting my in-law’s bubble)
88. Drift down a river
89. Go antiquing
90. Play croquet… (six feet apart)
91. Play washer toss… (six feet apart)
92. Organize and play a night game (not game night)
93. Take a class/workshop (online)
94. Buy a new mini jean skirt (despite my age)
95. Make potato salad
96. Make jelly salad
97. Dole Whip at the Chicken Burger
98. Watch the sunrise at the ocean
99. Watch the sunset at the ocean
100. Watch 500 Days of Summer

Here are my more adventurist lists from 2019 2018, 2017, 2016,  2015, 2014