This morning after brushing my teeth, I was in the middle of a train of thought about something or other (can't remember now, possibly something about the trip in April) and it occurred to me that this is the year I turn 30.
Now, I know that everyone, I mean everyone, in this blog's audience has already been-there-done-that, so I'm not looking for sympathy, I'm not looking for concern. I'm not too bothered by it...yet. I actually don't know if it's going to be a big thing for me or not. I'll just have to wait and see.
Judging by the context of Team Vallentine, I have a feeling that it isn't going to be a big crisis. Mark and I can't even remember what we did for his 30th, so it couldn't have been too life-altering good or bad. But, as we all know, Mark and I go about many things in different ways, so just because he was able to pass one of life's milestones with equanimity doesn't mean that I'm going to. In fact, it probably means that I definitely won't. So brace yourselves!
But it did make me even happier that the cruise trip is happening, since that's a nice, slightly different thing to do to celebrate, even if it isn't anywhere near my birthday. Although it is awfully close to my half birthday, so it could kick-off the countdown...unfortunately I've already registered my birthday with the cruise people, so I can't pretend that my birthday is really in May, since they do special "celebratory" things if you tell them there's an event in the near future (or near past). They actually specify how close the special occasion has to be to your cruise date for them to celebrate it. I think the special occasion has to have taken place 20 days before the cruise or going to happen within 40 days after your return. So I guess I'll just have to live vicariously through Dad!
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Oh, no... I didn't know about the cruise birthday hoohah thing. I was born in December, remember?
Hey, that rhymes... like old times!
But I digress, so don't stress.
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i totally stressed out about turning 30. it nagged at me for months before the big 3-0 day. i thought there was no way that i should be turning 30, b/c 30-year-olds always sounded so, well, OLD! like grownups and parent type people.
but now that i'm deep into my 30's, i realize that 30 is not so bad afterall! :)
enjoy the birthday build-up and the reflections of all the amazing things that you've done and accomplished thus far and think about all the adventures yet to come! (like checking a new age-group box on surveys)
(btw, i've heard 30 is tough for girls and 40 is the tough one for guys)
Yeah, compared to 40, 30 is Fantastic!
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