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My birthday has come and passed.  I am 30 years old.  It was a fine birthday, I rushed home from my ABPA Conference in San Antonio to have dinner with my brothers, sisters, sister-in-law and Ana.  They brought my chocolates, flowers, a desk ornament of a man on a toilet, and a purse.  It was lovely.  

I enjoyed making a list of 30 things to do before I'm 30.  It gave me something to work on that was challenging, and added that last bit of stress I was missing while trying to juggle everything else going on in my life. 

I wasn't able to finish everything, but I don't regret the things I accomplished and I hope it doesn't diminish the things I did accomplish.  To make myself feel better about my shortcomings, and utter failure, I compiled a list of everything else I did instead of everything I thought I wanted to do.......
  1. Visited Mexico and ate lots of new things.
  2. Went to Disneyland and didn't freak out...too bad.
  3. Taught myself Joomla for website design
  4. Watched Joey get married.
  5. Made tamales, fruit and regular, from scratch without ever having eaten one
  6. Learned some Spanish
  7. Forgot some Spanish
  8. Celebrated Cinco de Mayo by singing listening to Mexican Karaoke
  9. Tried lots and lots of new recipes
  10. Tricked Wendy into eating broccoli with vinegar
  11. Read lots of books
    1. Pride and Prejudice
    2. The Secret Garden
    3. Joomla! For Dummies
    4. Fatal Voyage
    5. Bossypants 
    6. True Grit (just as wonderful as the movie)
    7. Something Borrowed (I hated it, sorry anyone who likes her books)
    8. Leadership and Self-Deception
    9. 3/4 of the Book of Mormon
    10. Revolution
    11. Some other book I can't remember it's name working on: The Lincoln Lawyer, The Help, Count of Monte Cristo.
  12. Attended Peter and the Wolf ballet and orchestra performance
  13. Planted some strawberries in a little hanging basket in my yard.
  14. Traveled to San Antonio (for the second time) for an ABPA Conference.
  15. Tried lots of really really hot things to eat...I was not the sad monkey.
  16. Was awarded my second ABPA Presidential Recognition Award.
  17. Considered counting the many dinners and drinks vendors and other ABPA members bought me as completing my "Go on One Date" goal, but everyone else who was with us kind of made it not count.
  18. Fixed my hair from list item #30.
  19. Instituted a new financial plan, succeeded at it, failed at it, gave up on it, tried it again, and ignored it.
  20. Finally taught my Sunday School class and didn't want to swear afterwards.
  21. Learned that being 30 is probably the same as being 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, not 23 (everyone hates you when you're 23), 22, and 11.
  22. Earned my highest score on http://play.typeracer.com/ 134 wpm.
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mom said…
i think you did great! you should be proud! your mother certainly is! and i think you should continue your quest through this year that you are 30.
8:14 AM
Melynn said…
Hi Friend,

Happy Birthday. I am sorry that I am a little late.

I am always so happy when I read your blog. Like really happy. You are still so funny. I would love to get together some time.
1:02 PM
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