Last Updated on June 4, 2020 by Stacy Sampson, DO

A Genital Herpes Bucket List ~

Do you have an STD? Do you have an STD and feel like life is over, things will never be the same, the universe hates you, and the world is simultaneously ending?!?

If you answered yes to any of the above, I understand; nevertheless, I am here to tell you, you’re wrong.

Gasp! How could I, right?!?! How insensitive of me.

Well, not really. The deal is…..STDs suck, they aren’t fun, and they’re not something someone ever hopes to get, especially, the ones you’re stuck with for life, like genital herpes.

But, STDs are not the end – even herpes.

They do not mean you cannot be a lawyer, a ninja, Mother Teresa, an athlete, Chuck Norris, the next Oprah, a great mother/father, an American Idol, etc., etc….. I think you get the point. 🙂

So, to prove this point, I am going to post my personal ‘genital herpes bucket list’ or rather, Jenelle Marie’s bucket list. As I achieve the items on here, I’ll cross them out – this list isn’t new, so you’ll see I’ve already achieved ninja status.

Well, not really……but I could.

Jenelle Marie’s Bucket List ~

Travel to Australia and see wild dingos while saying aloud, ‘the dingo ate your ba-bay’!

Base jump

Travel to Africa and go on a safari

Start an accounting business

Volunteer in Africa

Drink beer with an Irishman in Ireland

Go on a tour of the waterfalls in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

Read all of the ‘classics’

Start a non-profit business

Re-learn Spanish to conversational fluency (Me gusta!)

Parasail

Work for a Big 4 accounting firm

Re-learn German enough to travel throughout Germany comfortably

Swim with dolphins

Audition for American Idol

Raise my own chickens

Learn to rollerblade (without breaking my arm again – ohmygosh)

Visit all 50 states

Go white-water rafting

Live in Eastown (an eclectic hippie-style part of the city just East of Grand Rapids, MI)

Get married in Vegas

Learn sign-language (outside of just being able to sign my name)

Teach myself to play the guitar

Get a big tattoo (2)

Travel to South America and explore the rainforest

Run a 25k

Conquer my fear of spiders (presently, I just let someone else capture and release)

Publish a book

Learn how to do the cyr wheel! (If you don’t know, this is an example of pure awesomeness!)

Hang-glide

Skydive (3 times)

Learn to play piano

Enter into a wet t-shirt contest (what? why?) (I won!)

Purchase a home on a body of water

Rescue a puppy and too many kittens

Donate money to NPR (I’d like to become a ‘day sponsor’ and send some sort of goofy message all day)

Rescue another puppy (why not?)

Did this inspire you to make a bucket list? What are some of the things you plan to do despite an STD? Share your thoughts in the comments section below!

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