I'm 30! Yay!
On Thursday I finally turned thirty. It was the the best birthday I've had for a very long time for a number of reasons. First, it just feels good to be thirty. I spent my twenties working and travelling and making a lot of mistakes in my personal life. For a long time it really felt that I wasn't learning from those mistakes but was trapped in some very destructive patterns. It took a lot to pull myself out of some of those situations and often I made decisions that were probably not the smartest ones I could have made. If this sounds cryptic, then it's because I don't really want to go into too much detail - let sleeping dogs lie and all that.
Anyhoo...at this point I really do feel that I have learned from those mistakes and value the lessons they have taught me. I believe that I'm making my decisions with more thought and intention than ever before. In a sense, my thirtieth birthday was a wonderful chance for me to reflect upon the period of trial and error that was my twenties, and to celebrate where it has brought me. I spent the day at Uni in the library (am) and at work (pm) and got home to find LJ blowing up Happy 30th Birthday balloons and a stack of cards on the living room table. My father had sent a beautiful bouquet of flowers and my wonderful mum had packed up a jiffy bag with all manner of treats including a Yoga for Women book that I vow not to allow sit and collect dust! LJ presented me with a lovely pair of earrings and then we got ourselves prettied up and went out for dinner and a couple of drinks. At dinner he produced a lovely bracelet from our favourite Fair Trade store and when we got home I had carrot cup cakes and handmade chocolates to devour. It was amazing! Really...the financial constraints of this year have meant that we haven't been able to treat ourselves or eachother so much at all and each birthday surprise was so thoughtful and touching. Add to which the phone was ringing off the hook and I spoke to my aunt, cousin and grandmother who won the prize for best rendition of Happy Birthday (in several different keys!), my lovely mum who I love so much, LJ's grandmother and mom who we are excited to see when we move to Canada, my father, LJ's sister in Bath and finally Shumi herself. There were several messages from those who called while we were out scoffing our calamari and mussels and emails and ecards in my inbox too. It was SO FANTASTIC! Honestly, I've spent so much time bemoaning particular quirks of my life and I really hope to spend my thirties in a state of thankfulness rather than focusing on feelings of resentment and disapointment.
Being thirty rocks!
And...as if that wasn't all great enough...I get to go a feminist conference today and then have dinner with some of my classmates.
Oh...and Al Green is singing his sweet heart out on the radio right now. Happy Saturday!
Anyhoo...at this point I really do feel that I have learned from those mistakes and value the lessons they have taught me. I believe that I'm making my decisions with more thought and intention than ever before. In a sense, my thirtieth birthday was a wonderful chance for me to reflect upon the period of trial and error that was my twenties, and to celebrate where it has brought me. I spent the day at Uni in the library (am) and at work (pm) and got home to find LJ blowing up Happy 30th Birthday balloons and a stack of cards on the living room table. My father had sent a beautiful bouquet of flowers and my wonderful mum had packed up a jiffy bag with all manner of treats including a Yoga for Women book that I vow not to allow sit and collect dust! LJ presented me with a lovely pair of earrings and then we got ourselves prettied up and went out for dinner and a couple of drinks. At dinner he produced a lovely bracelet from our favourite Fair Trade store and when we got home I had carrot cup cakes and handmade chocolates to devour. It was amazing! Really...the financial constraints of this year have meant that we haven't been able to treat ourselves or eachother so much at all and each birthday surprise was so thoughtful and touching. Add to which the phone was ringing off the hook and I spoke to my aunt, cousin and grandmother who won the prize for best rendition of Happy Birthday (in several different keys!), my lovely mum who I love so much, LJ's grandmother and mom who we are excited to see when we move to Canada, my father, LJ's sister in Bath and finally Shumi herself. There were several messages from those who called while we were out scoffing our calamari and mussels and emails and ecards in my inbox too. It was SO FANTASTIC! Honestly, I've spent so much time bemoaning particular quirks of my life and I really hope to spend my thirties in a state of thankfulness rather than focusing on feelings of resentment and disapointment.
Being thirty rocks!
And...as if that wasn't all great enough...I get to go a feminist conference today and then have dinner with some of my classmates.
Oh...and Al Green is singing his sweet heart out on the radio right now. Happy Saturday!
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