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It's just about six months in! Time for a 32 Things list update.

1. Fix my shoulder. This one is not so fun, unfortunately, but it's necessary. I've torn at least a tendon and possibly the cartilage in my right shoulder. Once I know exactly what's going on my doctor will be able to figure out how to treat it. I'd like to avoid surgery if I can--maybe I should make that next?
Mostly accomplished! After four months of twice-weekly PT, several massages, and a long break from any exercise involving my upper body, my shoulder is pretty much fixed.

2. Avoid shoulder surgery if at all possible.
Yes! I will not need shoulder surgery, barring any unforeseen accidents/relapses.

3. Regain my strength/range of motion. I'm not sure I'll be able to get back to where I was before the injury in the next year, but that's definitely my goal. I was aiming for 10 pull ups without stopping, and I'd gotten to 8; I'd love to get to 10 or even back up to 8.
I'm working on this one. I'm up to 45 knee push ups! Next week I'm starting to work on regular push ups. I can still do at least a few pull ups (not sure how many; at least three but I stopped for fear of hurting myself) but I've been very cautious, so I haven't started doing those again.

7. Learn DC's Metro system.
I now generally get on the train going in the right direction! I've also mastered the buses in my neighborhood.

9. Visit every museum in the District.
I'm making pretty serious progress on this list. One of these days I'll devote an entire post to it.

10. Register to vote here.
Done! I even voted earlier this week, which was kind of an adventure. Let's just say I'm quite good at picking the underdog....

12. Hang up pictures in my apartment.
Well, I've started this. Two down, something like a dozen to go.

13. Frame the last few things I need to frame, like my MPH diploma, and hang those up as well.
I've framed a few things and will do others as finances allow.

14. Find a rug that matches my living room.
Done!

15. Keep my apartment in its current lovely uncluttered clean state.
hm, well, I'm generally decent at this. My table and the chair I keep my clothes on are always full of stuff, but the rest of the place is quite neat, and I clean at least once a week.

16. Get the cats down to a healthy weight.
Another in-progress goal....

17. Keep my new plants alive.
Plants are still alive, and thriving.

20. Volunteer with Casey Trees on a regular basis.
Done! I voluteered about half a dozen times over the spring planting season, and have signed up for a couple of fall plantings (they start in October).

21. Buy most of my veggies at the local farmers' markets.
I've done quite well at this over the spring and summer. I also buy all of my eggs, almost all my fruit, most of my bread, and my occasional flowers at the farmers' market. In fact, the only times I've bought fruit or vegetables at the store are when I couldn't find something specific at the farmers' market (it's been a bad summer for kale...) or if I missed it because I was out of town for the weekend.

22. Eat something new I've never tried before.
I feel like I've done this, but I can't think what it was. I know I've eaten at lots of new places...

23. Try something again that I've had before and hated (kim chee? Ethiopian food?)
I've tried Ethiopian food again, and yeah, still don't like it. I'm willing to eat it, but I don't love it. So that's an improvement. I tried to try kim chee again, and yeah, still hate it. I tried taking a bite out of a piece of cabbage and all I could do was spit it out. blech.

27. Keep up my weekly evening out (at a new place every week) with Hilary and a rotating cast of characters.
Done--we don't make it quite every week, but it's quite regular.

28. Make some new friends.
Also done, thanks in part to the weekly nights out with Hilary, as well as thanks to Kristen and Frank, and to my lovely colleagues at work.

Read what I've got left to do in the next six months here.

I've been spending a lot more time outside now that it's finally spring! More time outside means less time at the computer...since my last post, I've:

• Turned 31, and celebrated with a fantastic dinner at Craigie on Main; beautiful tulips from my aunt and uncle; and special fancypants coffee imported from San Francisco by my brother.
  
• Had a mini-reunion in Washington DC with several friends, hosted by the always-wonderful-hosts Kristen & Frank
  
• Visited the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens in DC, thanks to Hilary (pictures on Flickr)
  
• Hosted an Easter egg hunt for a certain toddler (and some interfering cats)
  
• Attended part of MIT's European Short Film Festival
  
• Experimented with an exciting new innovation in pie: rhubarb hand pies
  
• Gotten outside whenever possible!
  

I'll be back sometime this week with a 31 things to do before I turn 32 list, in honor of my most recent birthday!