I Dreamed About You For 29 Years...

Ah crap, I just had the last birthday of my 20s. I’m not too upset about getting older, 29 isn’t so awful, I’m just a little sad about some things I haven’t gotten to do, or done enough of, yet. But the best thing about having a birthday is getting a clean slate- a new opportunity to have the BEST YEAR EVER!!! I’m putting together a list of things I want to do before my 30^th birthday next year, some little things and some major. Here’s what I’ve got so far…

·              Play a round of golf

·              Cook a 7 course meal

·              Take an art class

·              Visit a foreign country

·              Read 30 fiction AND 30 nonfiction books (60 books in 12 months- nerd alert!!!!)

·              Have a campfire, maybe actually go camping if I can work up the nerve (snake phobia, eeeek)

·              Learn to play a new song on the piano

·              Swim in a lake (again, snake phobia)

·              Volunteer somewhere

·              Throw a theme party

·              Go to a baseball game

·              Clean out my closet, for good. (I do this a lot but it’s never enough- too many clothes, I have issues)

·              Visit a vineyard

·              Ride down a waterslide

·              Allow myself to fall in love

Ok, ok- that last one is SO sappy and annoying, it makes me want to punch my fingers off for even typing that. BUT it’s a big challenge for me. I’ve been doing a lot (slutty?) of dating the past couple of years but it’s always been with an easy escape clause, one I gladly took. This year I’m committing myself to committing. I want my 29^th year to be a big one (alright, technically I’m already IN my 30^th year, but whatever- keep your smartness to yourself, fool). It makes me think about lyrics that one of my favorite bands, The National, have used in two different songs; “You know I dreamed about you, For twenty-nine years before I saw you, You know I dreamed about you, I missed you for, For twenty-nine years”. Gah, I love it. I won't be running down any aisles in a white dress ANYtime soon, just reevaluating what I’m doing with my loooooooooove life.

Check it out in their song “Slow Show” below.

Here's to hoping I find who I've been missing these 29 years (and they don't judge me for being a romantic dork). Thanks for the birthday wishes Girlfriends- I’m really starting to like being the youngest of the group :)

~M