Turning 26

So I turned 26 this weekend and I must say I feel a little old. Not old in terms of years really just old in the fact that when I was 18 or 20 I don't think I ever really thought of being 26. I'm so much closer to 30 than 20. Have I accomplished enough? Do I consider myself successful? Is my life as full as I thought it would be? I think it's time for a little self reflection people. Could you stand to join me?



Any who, I should thank everyone who made my birthday weekend so great. My family, friends, co-workers and wonderful husband made my weekend most memorable. I heart you. Awww, 143 you guys!



TIME OUT: You'll probably see these time outs in my blog from time to time. I'm totally random, especially in my story telling, so forgive me for needing to take a brief time out to deviate from my initial topic.

So I was shopping this weekend- one of my higher level talents when I stumbled upon Tina at a store that will remain nameless. Tina was lovely really. HOWEVER- Tina needed laser hair removal the way I need Jesus. So my thought is for those of you who have kids or plan to have kids or have kids on the way- PAY ATTENTION. These types of unfortunate issues don't just appear generally. If your kid is unfortunately hairy early on, you're just going to have to make your peace with the fact that they're gonna be an early waxer or in need of some kind of electrolysis. Go ahead and build it into your budget. It'll be fine and your kids will thank you. All I'm saying is if you see traces of a uni-brow, a little peach fuzz on a girl or any kind of side burn beard connection- (Tina) plan on starting early. This is less of a criticism than you may interpret- think of it as more of a public service announcement.



Okay back to the weekend- I just have a few more comments. I'm going to Europe in like a week!!! Why didn't anyone tell me it was happening so soon? I was sitting in a meeting looking at the calendar today and it dawned on me that I'm leaving next week. I'm completely unprepared. I haven't even decided to weave or not to weave yet. YIKES. My point is I'll be off the blog for a couple of weeks, so you'll have to look for your child rearing tips elsewhere. BTW- it's come to my attention that there are women blogging and speaking from the perspective of the child in their tummy. Ummm stop that. That's good for no one and a little gay I gotta say.



Alright- I'm out, but I'll leave you with another story from the weekend.


I was in a hurry because Ant and I were super late for my birthday dinner on Saturday night. So I run into Office Depot to grab some batteries for the camera. Wouldn't you know I get behind Mr. Super Cheap who would like to buy 2 envelopes out of the 50 envelope pack. He said "So I can't just buy these two envelopes?" and the no more than 17 year old cashier says "Um, no sir you have to buy the pack, you can't open it and get out 2." So he's all pissed and says "Do you think I can go online and do it?" Remember I'm super late for my birthday dinner listening to this. As I tap my foot impatiently, I'm thinking - really, really- this clown wants to go online and wait for 2 individual envelopes to be shipped to him? The moral of the story is maybe we don't give enough credit to the incredibly stupid. It's got to take some time to come up with something that dumb to say. So next time you hear or see a complete idiot on the loose maybe throw a little "Bless your heart" out there- they may need it.

Until next time, I guess it's just another day in the life.