When I was younger I would shut myself in my room for hours on end and just write. I would make up stories, I would write about what was important in my life, my family, my friends, when I would get my first kiss. It was my escape, my release. As I got older I continued to write, I have three journals filled with the trials of a pre-teen, a teenager trying to figure out where I fit and who were my friends, does he really like me, and a young woman starting out on my own trying to figure out how to control this new found independence without losing sight of what it was I wanted my life to be, and then trying to figure out exactly what I did want my life to be. I recently reread some of those past entries and they all brought me back to the exact place and time in my life I was writing about. Some very happy moments, some sad moments, some life altering moments, but all vital to forming me into the person I am today.
On Monday, June 15, 2009 I hit a milestone in my life and turned 30 years old. I decided this was worthy of documentation, I should preserve what my life was like at 30 so when I’m 40 I’ll have this along with my middle school years, high school years, and twenties to reread and reflect on and share with the people in my life. So that’s how this lovely blog came about. I cannot guarantee how often I will write on here or that it will be a chronicle of some whirlwind single life living on the edge every day, but it will be my life, the only one out there.
Last weekend I spent my pre-birthday weekend with my two beautiful friends Brooke and Molly. Brooke flew down from Denver, I flew out of Kansas City, and we converged on Molly’s house in Dallas for the weekend. It is rare for Molly, Brooke, and I to be able to enjoy each other’s company together so we spent the majority of the weekend drinking wine, smoking cigarettes, catching up on each other’s lives, and of course dishing on all the hometown gossip. We enjoyed a spa day, for the most part, until the pedicure lady sprayed glue on my feet instead of the quick dry, and my manicure peeled off the next day, we shopped, and went through all of Molly’s wedding plans. The girls also surprised me with a beautiful birthday gift, a delicate star necklace from Tiffany and Co! And the only reason I mention the Tiffany, is because it was my first little blue box and white satin ribbon (some of you ladies know what a big deal this is). It was a wonderful, relaxing weekend with two of my favorite people in the entire world. These girls have been a part of my life for over half my life. They are amazing women and true life long friends. Thank you, I love you!
Saturday, in two days, two of my other favorite people in the whole world, my dear friends Becky and Sarah, have planned a 30th birthday celebration for me. I know they have worked very hard putting this together, and have been quite secretive about what is to be expected so I’m a little anxious about it, but so excited to have my friends and family together to celebrate this birthday with me. Then on Sunday it will be off to Abilene to celebrate my birthday with my parents and sisters and their families; and of course honor Dad on Father’s Day. (I got him the The Yankee Years and tried to read it all before I gave it to him but I did not make it, now I’ll have to wait for him to read it!)
It’s been a birth-week instead of a birthday really, and I think that is completely appropriate given the fact I turned 30! I celebrated with Molly and Brooke, was taken to lunch by my co-workers, got a sweet herb garden from my co-worker Kay that I cannot wait to use, was inundated by calls and emails from my friends and family members, and still have two parties to go! I am a lucky lucky girl.
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