- Climbed Ayers Rock (in Australia).
- Got my picture taken with Larry Bird
- Ran the bases of Fenway Park (at night when the park was closed)
- Camped in the White Mountains
- Took a gondola ride through the canals of Venice
- Completed the Boston Marathon
- Married a beautiful woman
- Watched our beautiful daughter Abigail grow in Sarah's tummy
- Became the dad of a beautiful girl named Alicenne.
- Became the dad of a beautiful girl named Anna
- Became the dad of a beautiful girl named Emily
- Ran the Falmouth Road Race (many times)
- Ran a 5K road race in 21 minutes.
- Toured Australia with my younger brother Don
- Got drunk in King's Cross in Australia
- Received a BS with a concentration in Accounting.
- Got to watch my mother father dance...many times
- Became a godfather to one of my nephews
- Became a godfather to one my nieces.
- Completed the Disney Marathon
- Visited the Tower of Pisa.
- Got a sunburn while touring the ruins of Pompeii.
- Paid my way through undergraduate school.
- Visited many of the beaches of Cape Cod.
- Sat in the (old) Boston Garden and watched Larry Bird play basketball.
- Went to see the J. Giels Band play at the same Boston Garden.
- Saw Whitney Houston perform at the Berklee Performance Center (years before the movie Bodyguard).
- Snorkeled The Great Barrier Reef in Australia.
- Went to Augusta and watched The Masters.
- Lived in a one-bathroom house with my 9 brothers and 3 sisters.
- Honeymooned in Hawaii.
- Lied on the beaches of Aruba.
- Have never been admitted to a hospital overnight.
- Jumped out of an airplane.
- Witnessed my daughter Anna take her first steps
- Received many many squeeze hugs from my daughter Emily
- Told my father I loved him (even if it was over the phone!)
- Completed the Marine Corps Marathon (with humidity levels close to 80%)
- Came extremely close to shaking President Clinton's hand.
- Grew up in a two parent home.
- Visited Yellowstone National Park
- Took my daughters to Disney World
- Watched the sun set over Key West
- Became a Certified Massage Therapist
- Gambled in Vegas
45 before 46 List.
With another birthday fast approaching and the end of my MBA in sight, I decided to put in writing some of the places I've been as well as some things I've done. As it goes, this is in no particular order:
