HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME !!!!

I am 32 today... and that feels old for some reason. 30 I loved, it was very liberating, 31 was fine, nothing really different. but 32 has a definite decline to it, not sure why..... maybe this year will show me.

I decided to think of what I learned this year, and I may add to this as things hit me over the next few days.... but here is a start.

What I learned at 31.....

• Once you start to pay bills online, you forget how to write a check and purchase stamps
• make-up really does make a difference
• heartburn is real, not something old people make up for sympathy
• grey hairs grow back
• a burrito after 2:00 am still tastes good, but is a bad decision
• "Clubs" are full of kids
• I can no longer be considered "hot"..... and have graduated to "not bad for a 30-something"
• skin is fragile, and not actually elastic
• some clothes from my early 20's still fit me, does NOT mean I have any business wearing them
• I have no idea what "cool" is anymore
• the only radio worth listening to is WGN or NPR
• music is a lost art
• drinking is now called "cocktailing", and starts 5 hours earlier and ends 5 hours earlier
• I look forward to voting
• shoes and handbags can never make you look fat
• cigarettes really do effect your lung capacity
• walking at an accelerated rate really does effect your lung capacity
• manual labor takes on an entirely new meaning
• still getting letters in the actual snail mail is very exciting
• sarcasm does not transfer well via email or text message
• I am technically challenged
• I hate acronyms and wish people would use full words to communicate
• Men can't read minds
• I dislike dating boys, and have yet to figure out a way to stop
• flowers really do make things all betters sometimes
• my cat is the devil
• I ate too much Thai food when moving to Chicago, and actually dislike it now
• friends don't have to live anywhere near you
• attraction starts in the brain, if it doesn't, run away.....
• John Cusack is getting old
• there is an art to laundry
• patriotism and government have nothing to do with each other
• I have loved a lot of people in my life, and am grateful to all of them
• I am too old to break into any aspect of showbusiness, accept maybe "key grip" or something back stage
• grilled is better than pan fried
• well liquor and top shelf taste different
• bud light tastes like water
• Single malt scotch tastes like dirt (sorry Dad, its true)
• 8 hours of sleep is really, really nice to get
• I have no regrets

That about covers it for now...... Happy Thursday to all of you.

Good times,

Cyn