Spring has been serving up a whole lot of sunshine lately—with the occasional hefty dose of rain. I guess the latter is to be expected, you know, since April showers bring May flowers (or so they say). Either way, I’ve been craving all of that bursting, soul-warming vitamin D. Gimme.

A few months ago, I wrote a blog post on fifty things I wish I had done in 2016. So in light (get it?) of the golden sun and warmer weather, I rounded up a bucket list for summer.

1) Get a tan (obviously)

2) Pay off all of my debt

3) Take more pictures (as if I don’t take enough already)

4) Take a road trip to the desert

5) Take a photography + photo editing class

6) Do a triathlon

7) Buy a new car (I need a new one, like, yesterday)

8) Go to the Alameda or Rose Bowl Flea Market

9) Hit 2,000 followers on Instagram (help a sista out, people)

10) Surf in Santa Cruz

11) Run across the Golden Gate Bridge

12) Go on a boat

13) Buy a Monday Swimwear ‘kini

14) Run from Santa Cruz to Capitola

15) Visit Joshua Tree

16) Go to the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco

17) Learn a new recipe

18) Try out eyelash extensions

19) Wine taste in Napa

20) Visit the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve

21) Make a new friend

22) Actually keep a plant alive (just one)

23) Drink rosé in the sun

24) Plan a vacation

25) Redecorate the bedroom (again)

26) Ask for a raise at work

27) Take a webinar class on social media + content marketing

28) Write a fun DIY blog post

29) Go to a baseball game

30) Join a Masters Swim Team

31) Take a pottery class

32) Picnic in Big Sur

33) Read a really good book (suggestions?)

34) Host a party

35) Buy more flowers

36) Try some quick, at-home yoga sequences for my hips

37) Make more macramé wall hangings

38) Go to Poot’s House of Cactus

39) Make a big move (preferably to Orange County)

40) Go to a Dierks Bentley concert

41) Brunch on the beach

42) Take a video editing class

43) Get a massage (believe it or not, it will be my first)

44) Paddle board in Lake Tahoe

45) Make a fun, new cocktail

46) Learn how to use Adobe Lightroom

47) Find a new television series to binge watch

48) Drive along the California coast on highway 1

49) Create a new summer playlist

50) Last but not least, have fun 

Here’s to hoping I can check some (or all) of these off of my list.