Monday, January 13, 2014

T-Minus 7 Days

So, next week, this really weird thing is happening.  I'm not sure if it's a good thing, or a bad thing, or just a thing.  I'm reserving judgment.  What is this "thing," you ask?  Well.  If you must know.


I'll  be turning. . .

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I'm pretty sure that, had you asked 16 year old me, this is not what my life would have looked like at a week shy of 35.  I'm not some high-powered business lady.  I don't have a collection of suits and stiletto heels.  I don't live in a high rise apartment, alone - and I certainly don't have the figure that I was "supposed" to.   

16 year old me never would have imagined 2 kids, a mortgage, a husband, a dog, and no job.  "Stay-at-home-mom" wasn't even in my vocabulary.  And running?  What the hell is that all about? People do that?  For FUN?  Weirdness. 

Yet here I am, on the verge of being half of 70 (or, part of 80, since that's what my husband and I will be this year if you add our ages together!), and I'm a mom, a wife, a runner, a homeowner, and a homemaker.  (Though, truthfully, Martha Stewart would laugh her ass off at that one.  Pinterest Perfect, my home is NOT.) 


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Still.  My life is pretty cool.  And 2014 (and therefore, being 35) is going to bring some pretty amazing things - a few fun trips, some races, meeting some of my crazy "internet friends," etc.  And I know that just a few years ago, none of it would have been possible.   So...  I guess this "thing" that's happening next week?  I think I'm kinda thrilled about it.  =)




10 comments:

  1. I think you are going to rock 35!!!
    And, I hear you on the things not being what we once imagine - I didn't even really plan to have kids much less be a stay home mom - but now I can't imagine a different life!!

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    1. Thanks! I still can't quite wrap my head around it. 35 is a GROWN UP! I don't feel like a grown up! LOL

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  2. 35 is an awesome year! I loved it! Yes, things are a lot different than I imagined. If you had asked me in college, I would have guessed that I would be single, childless, living in an apartment in some huge city, in some kind of artsy, event-based career. Now I'm a married, stay at home mom of one, living on a rural mail route and dabbling in photography and cake decorating. LOL! It's all worked out pretty well, though!

    Enjoy your big day! The best years are yet to come!

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  3. Happy birthday!! I was a little befuddled at 35 I think but it's gotten better and better every year. For real! Enjoy these years!

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  4. Happy Birthday in advance!

    I think the reality is that our lives seldom end up exactly as we planned - and that is OK! I assumed I would be alone at 35, instead I was married with two kids! Coming up on 22 years of marriage with two great kids approaching college in a couple of years, living in a state other than Massachusetts (we are in Corning NY) and so on.

    Of course, for my wife who chose 'stay at home mom' role, with degrees in biology, teaching and medical technologist certification ... all of which dried up through the years ... she is a manager at Macy's - TOTALLY not her plan! :)

    BTW - found you through Danielle's (T-Rex) blog!

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    1. Thanks for the birthday wishes! Isn't it amazing how radically different our lives can end up, and yet how we can still be perfectly happy with them? =)

      Thanks for visiting - I love that blog! =)

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  5. My life is no where near where I thought it would be but I do know that I love my 30s!

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