The Big 3-0
It is coming up on my/our birthday week. Elliott at first was seemingly annoyed at my insistence of having a birthday week, now though he has settled into the idea and said tonight I will make dinner, you sit down and Facebook or something, your birthday week can start early. What a guy.
I can’t believe I am going to be 30. I was listening to a song I used to listen to in high school, Strawberry Wine, and there is a line in there when she sings I can still remember when 30 was old, ain’t that the truth. I don’t feel like I am 18 anymore although I certainly don’t feel old. Not that 30 is old although it is certainly through a large chunk of my life.
Although I can honestly say this was the age I always looked forward to being and so far it is good. 2010 is looking to be a great year for us. Our house is set to be sold in the next few weeks. I think many of you know we are going through a short sale, I don’t try to hide that fact. That is an unfortunate although necessary part of us losing our jobs in 2009. When the house is sold it will just about complete that chapter of our life. We are looking to move in March to a place where we can have a dog, a goal we have had for awhile. And if that works well, ie we don’t kill it and we don’t hate being tied down, I think 2011 will be the year we look to start a family.
Work is good. We are solid with work. We haven’t been able to pay ourselves yet although we should be able to be fluid enough to pay ourselves in the next few months.
Elliott and I have continued to develop our goals and vision for our life. We recently discussed our personal and company goals. Our over arching life goals are to seek fulfillment and balance. That includes time with family and friends. Professional success. Enough wealth to retire at a reasonable age. Health and time for exercise. I feel good about understanding what it is we wish to fill our lives with and seeking to achieve it.
Elliott right now is working out as I blog. It is too funny, he is doing pull up in the doorway. I am proud of him for working out. I am working out my feelings and sharing, all important right? Now I am going to work on my poetry book. A goal I have had for over 10 years. I wrote a lot of poetry when I was younger, middle school through high school I think. I have always wanted to compile them into a book. And I figure its never too late. So I have been working on compiling my old poems. I am pretty excited about it. The title of my book will be something like “The poetic diary of a tragic middle school girl”. More to come!
