September 30, 2003
Happy Birthday to me
Okay, well, it's not quite my birthday yet. My birthday isn't until tomorrow, October 1st - but I'm swamped with work, and will be in a research seminar all day tomorrow, with two presentations that I've yet to polish. So I probably won't be posting any more today, and I'm definitely not going to be posting tomorrow. All my spare time will be used to boil, scrape, and scour clean in the inside of my house, because my parents are arriving for a visit on Thursday. Oh, sure, my mom said don't bother to clean - like I really believe that.
Anyway, after the hell week I've had last week, I've had virtually no time to reflect on turning 35. In fact, now that I'm driving around with a still-smashed-up car and drinking ulcer medicine four times a week, it's tempting to whine and complain that 35 already sucks. But I should be grateful and count my many blessings, and appreciate my health while it's still in a condition that repair is possible. The car, I'm not so sure about.
Now that I think about it, I feel much, much older than when I started this blog, but in a good way. Perhaps "wiser", or "more accomplished", is the more appropriate term than just plain "older." In February of last year, I was convinced of several things:
1. I'd never be able to afford to settle down and buy a house
2. I'd never find a job in Philly that I liked; if I did, I wouldn't be qualified for it
3. I'd never find the perfect guy for me; the only guy I thought was perfect wasn't interested in me and never had been
4. I'd have a hard time finding new friends in the area
and
5. No one other than my friends would ever read this blog
Happily, I can reassure my turning-older self that in the past 19 months, I've been proven wrong on each and every one of these. So, if you feel like sending birthday wishes my way *coughAmazonwishlistcough* feel free to drop me a line *coughAmazonwishlistcough* or send me an eCard *coughAmazonwishlistcough* or express your birthday wishes in any way you see fit *coughAmazonwishlistcough*. Not that I'm fishing for anything.
Posted by kswygert at September 30, 2003 02:13 PM