Today is my last day of being 28. Tomorrow I will enter the last year of my twenties. It will be the last year I can say "I'm twenty-something." It is the last year of being in my youth. Not that 30 is old but it's different. It's just like being in your young twenties compared to the later twenties. There is a big difference. Like it or not the body just doesn't recover as quickly as it used too. Responsibilities add up making life seem more rewarding and yet stressful at the same time. In my early twenties I could stay up all night and still feel like I could accomplish much the next day without groaning. In my early twenties I looked at money as if "fake" since "heck, it's just student loans." In my early twenties I looked at politics with hope. Now, not so much. (hey, hey, hey, I know some have their love affair with Obama.
Not me. Don't get me wrong - I like the man just not his policies or socialism.) But, that's another post I will probably never write.
I look at my early twenties glad that they are over. My late twenties I will continue to enjoy and feel young in heart and in body. Or at least I will tell my body that I can run hills and miles hoping my body will keep going and not let me down. Thankfully, it hasn't let me down just yet.
This next year I hope to be great personally. I hope to run a 5k, 10k, half marathon, and maybe full. Not committed on the full b/c I love the halves more. My strength is speed not really endurance. I hope to take a private swimming class and really learn how to swim so when I try to surf this summer I won't freak out. I hope to be happier with where I am in life and not get so bogged down with what I'm missing or not doing. To be content and grateful for my many blessings and how far I have come in my 28 years of life. I grew up in a strong family, had a great childhood and adolescence, went to college, fell in love, got married, lived abroad with husband, graduated, had baby, traveled, lived in NYC, experienced living in NYC with husband and two children, traveled some more, husband graduated law school, had another baby, live in L.A. in a house, live in a cozy neighborhood with a great community, husband supports our family, I am able to stay home with children, and I have good health, I am strong, my children and husband are healthy and strong. I have been blessed immensely. There are times when I ask myself when does something go wrong? Will I be ready? I will not lie, a big huge part of me is really hoping for nothing to go wrong. :)
Well, wish me luck for this beginning of the end of my twenties. I hope I enjoy it and that I live it to the fullest. I also hope you all will be here along for the ride.
6 comments:
Happy Birthday a day early!!!!!! It sounds like you're planning to live up your last year in your 20's, but I'm sure that you'll be just as wild and crazy and fun when you are turning 39, 49, and beyond. And honestly living anywhere other than Utah will make you feel young in your 30's since alot of people that age are just starting to think about getting married, or have a kid. Reponsibility makes you feel older(personally speaking), such as having kids, ect. But when you're 35 and Lucas is like 12 and someone else just had their 1st baby and they feel so young just remember that you're both the same age. And I think as long as you cut it off (having kids) by a certain age in your 30's than your better off because you get to party sooner since your kids will be grown before their's(the ubiquitous "they"...) are even out of elementary school. But that's the tricky part, since you (not YOU, but you as in the non-they you..)spent your 20's and probably part of your 30's having kids so you don't get to party in your 20's, nor your 40's. Hmm. But at least at the end of the day your house will always look like there was a happening party going on(at least mine does!) and those in the know will admit that that's the best kind of party in the end. So this comment is werid...
Happy birthday!
happy birthday tomorrow... I hope it's fabulous!
Happy Birthday Deanna!! You are such a Beautiful young women, from your head to your toes, from inside out. You make your Dad and I proud. We count our worth on this earth by how our children turned out. We only had the 3 of you so we had to make everything count. You have made us Rich Beyond Compare. Have a Beautiful day. And Thanks for making us look good. Love you.
Great goals, good luck, and happy birthday!
Happy Birthday! Wow, I hope that your last day as a twenty-something was fantastic. Amazing goals.
I have to say I felt the same way when I turned 29 and then again when I turned 30. I really want to be content with my life and the part I play in it and set personal goals to keep me growing.
Happy Birthday!! Good luck in your last year of being young-ish!
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