Gasmask workday

Throughout my life I have kept long list of things that I am planning on doing before I die. This list consists of mostly random adventures that most people have not even consider doing in their lifetime. However, there are a few that can be an everyday encounter that I have still not accomplished. For instance, here is a few on my list:

• Set foot on each of the seven continents. Antarctica might be a tough one, but once you’ve reached all seven you can truly call yourself a world traveler.
• Climb Mt. Rainer. I am constantly glancing at the beauty of the mountain, yet time and time again I take its beauty for granted.
• Skydive, get my scuba license, learn how to sail and learn another country's dance (Salsa anyone).
• Go back to India and travel it by train to the North and Kerala.

There is also a few that I have accomplished already yet had never planned on having them on the list:

• Go to another country on another continent (India) and teach English.
• Ride a camel (in Hyderabad).
• Get adopted into a Gypsy tribe (a Banjarah Gypsy tribe from India).

And then today I was able to cross one more off the list of accomplishments. This one is quite random and was never really on the list but it should and will be.

Today I wore a gas mask at work. We used it when we were cleaning out showers because the chemicals were too strong.

Now gas masks actually creep me out a lot. They have this life-less air about them. It is almost dehumanizing. Yet, it shows how human we are. We need to depend on something because of the nasty chemicals we choose to use can easily kill us. So many people around the world have to depend on them because they know they cannot trust those around them or those around the world that are trying to hurt them. What a unsettling concept.

Still they know this will save their lives.

If I ever had to wear one again I would choose to wear this one:
so when I looked in the mirror I would not scare myself half to death.