On April 23rd I turned 30. Shelly said she believes her 30s will be her most fabulous decade and I think I'm going to adopt that idea as well. Why not? Mom says her 30s were really great too so I feel like I have alot to look forward to. I also feel like I am on the young end of things again. It's kind of like when I was in 8th grade and I felt very cool in middle-school only to be demoted back to lower class status as a freshman. I'm a freshman to the 3rd decade of my life. I'm the youngest of all the 30 year olds out there and no longer the oldest of the 20 somethings.
In the last 10 years I:
Moved across the country (from Montana to Alabama)
Went back to college
Met the man I would marry
Graduated from college
Moved back across the country (from Alabama to Montana)
Got my first job out of college
Married the man I met
Bought a house
Had a baby
It's amazing how such monumental events can be so simply stated. I feel like I could spend days discussing each event and what it meant and what all happened before, during, and after each phase. And what do I do with all of this now? Tough question. The last 10 years have been incredible. Incredibly hard. Incredibly fun. Incredibly challenging with all the changes that occurred. I feel like I spent the last 10 years choosing cards and being dealt cards and now it's time to play my hand...until the next card swap. Remember that game called Life where you spin the wheel, go along the course, and hope to end the game with lots of money, a house, and a station wagon full of pink or blue pegs? We played that game with some friends not too long ago and now there's no clear path on the game board. There are so many different routes to choose and you can keep spinning in the same route over and over again if you want to. And all of your income and expenses are tracked on a debit card that you swipe through a machine. I digress... But all of this is to say that I am about 1/3 through the game of life and feel like I'm just starting and that feels good!
In honor of my 30th birthday I planned and threw myself a big party. The plans changed several times before a final location was chosen. 25 of my closest friends and I went to Rio Sabina's and then to the Belgrade Lounge on Saturday the 24th. Rio Sabina's was NOT ready at the reserved time and it was over an hour before we were seated. I expressed my frustration, got free drinks, and didn't let it bother me at all. I don't know how many cosmopolitans I drank but it was plenty - too much, actually but not so much that I got sick. At the Lounge we danced, the band sang happy birthday, and we ate the most delicious birthday cake I had made for myself. Thank you to all of my friends who celebrated with us. It was a memorable birthday. Thank you to Arnold and Vickie for coming over to keep K-Ro. That was a wonderful gift.
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