Reflections on turning 3-0!

30...it's just a number.

It's a new decade. The 20's are gone. 

To be honest it feels old.

 

 Thirty seems "grown-up" even though for the last almost 8 years I've been married and been doing plenty of "grown-up" things. Maybe it's because I remember when my Dad turned 30 and I have a son who is the same age as I was when he hit this age.

 

 As I reflect over the last 29 years I made a list of things I've done or experienced:

 

June 10, 1986 born in Versailles, KY (so not to be born a Hoosier)

3 years living in Indiana

2 brothers

2 parents

16 years in Florida

10 houses/moves; most large distance moves within Florida

6 years at  "real" schools

7 years homeschooled

?? children babysat
3 years with Girl Scouts
several years of piano
1 year of soccer
several years of gymnastics

1 year attending community college

3 years attending Bryan College in Dayton, TN

2 summers working in Seaside
3 cars

7 dogs (in 30 years)

4 cats (in 30 years)
? fish

2 countries visited (Belize and Mexico)

8 years (almost) married to a farmer

6 years as a mom

3 boys

unknown amounts of clothes and dishes washed

umpteen diapers changed
29 good years...ready to start year 30

 

As I think about the 20's ending it was full decade: college, engaged, 3 college dorms, 2 summers at the beach, graduated college, married, 2 houses, and 3 boys.
I hope the 30's are great but not as life changing.

30 is just a number and I've done a lot in these 29 years. I've been pretty blessed. It's exciting to see what the next 30 years will be; with 3 little boys it will be anything but boring.
At the end of the day it's just a number.
I'm still a mom so off to dishes, laundry, and cleaning up after boys. We are still in the middle of planting season so I'll do some farming today too.
I'm hoping for a dinner out with my boys this evening though.