So this is my hundredth post. Time for you to learn a little bit more about me. In keeping with my 25th, 50th, and 75th posts, here are 25 more things about me.
1. This is my birthday month.
2. I celebrate my birthday all month long, because my birthday isn’t until the end of the month, March 25.
3. Which makes me an Aries. And I am so, so Aries.
4. My birthday coincides with the Feast of the Annunciation as well as Pecan and Waffle Day. It also often falls near Easter and/or Swallows Day Festival. And it’s always a week after St. Patrick’s Day! This is why I must celebrate my birthday all month long. There is far too much celebration to fit into one day.
5. Husband is throwing me a birthday party. The location was supposed to be a surprise.
6. However, if he had truly wanted to keep it a secret, he should have considered not using our bank account to put the deposit on the place.
7. I’ll still act surprised.
8. This year, I turn 30. I shall no longer be a twentysomething but a thirtysomething. I shall no longer wear my hair in pigtails, but have a feeling I should have stopped doing that a while ago anyway.
9. My 23-year-old cousin sent me this email after my February visit to Jax: “I just can’t believe how awesome you looked! Def not like someone who is turning 30 (which is still young!) You look like you’re still in your early 20s…and I’m not saying that to be nice either.” I especially like her assurance, “which is still young.”
10. I do still get carded quite a bit.
11. Really, I’m not obsessed about my age.
12. Although I do have a make-up bag that says I Love Botox on it. I thought it was funny.
13. Just to prove that I am not obsessed about my age, the rest of the list will not be relevant to my age or birthday.
14. Except to say this — my favorite thing about turning 30 is that I will be able to start quoting this movie line at regular intervals. “Now that I’m in my thirties, at least I can hold my liquor.” (That may not be the word-for-word quote, but it’s from Bridget Jones’ Diary, when she falls out of the car. “Mind the step!”)
On to other non-age-related matters–
15. I saw Wicked over the weekend. It was amazing, especially the set for the Emerald City.
16. It isn’t much like the book.
17. I don’t think I will ever enjoy watching the movie The Wizard of Oz ever again.
18. When I was in grade school, we performed The Wizard of Oz and our principal performed the role of the Wicked Witch of the West.
19. Husband and I took the kids to a petting zoo today. A bunny scratched The Boy, a guinea pig bit The Boy, a goat scared Little No Limit, and a pony bit Husband on the elbow. I alone escaped unscathed.
20. I did get cute pictures of the kids on pony and train rides, though.
21. For various reasons that aren’t as funny as the end result, I used to believe that I had a secret destiny that would take place at Piccadilly Cafeteria.
22. My first short story publication comes out this June. It’s a literary magazine called Thema.
23. I enrolled in a writing workshop to help me finish my novel before the end of the year. I’m on chapter three right now (approx 13,000 words).
24. Husband brought home a keg of Chimay a few days ago. I’ve had a lot of trouble concentrating on things since.
25. In fact, I’m going to go have a glass of one right now.
Cheers!
