Thirty-something
22 May 2004 23:00 holidays & special occasions, that's life!Well, it is finally the evening of the 30th birthday, and even though the day started out kind of shitty, things have gotten better. And though I won’t be getting my present until Monday, (it seems like a new computer is in the works for yours truly… it’s not the diamond earrings I requested, but I guess it’ll do…) dinner at my favorite Indian restaurant was enough for me to say that I have had a decent birthday, even if it wasn’t exactly what I had hoped for.
Secretly, I had always hoped that on my 30th birthday someone would throw me a surprise party. But now since my family lives thousands of miles away and my husband and I still don’t know that many people I guess my dreams of a surprise party will have to be put on hold until my 35th or something…
Luckily though, I haven’t been depressed at that thought of turning 30 and overall, I don’t feel old. I look at myself in the mirror and know that no one will mistake me for 21 anymore, but that is OK since I wouldn’t want to be 21 again and also because I know that few people would guess that I am actually 30.
Anyway, tomorrow I officially enter the fourth decade of my life and from now on I can say that I am thirty-something. I wonder what surprises it has in store for me…
24 May 2004 at 20:38
Dear ?Thirty something?
I?m a ?forty something? American expat living in Bamberg (Germany). I?ve lived here forever?we?ll, almost.
Anyway, I was surprised that a librarian would use the adjective ?Shitty?. I feel somewhat relieved in that I always had this impression of librarians as being very all-business-like, straight laced perfectionists of the English language.
You?re a great read.
Duncan
25 May 2004 at 20:17
Happy late birthday! I just found your blog via Daisy’s, and it’s great. I spent four months in Rosenheim about five years ago, and now I’m a librarian back in the US, so there you go. Love the cross-stitch gallery too!