Today I can kiss my 20s goodbye and say HELLO to my 30s. Well actually not until half past 10pm tonight but still, it’s official, I am no longer in my 20s.

Am I sad about turning 30… not really. I haven’t exactly had that much time to think about it being that I just had a baby 10 days ago. Perhaps this is a good thing, nobody likes a whiner right!

But turning 30 does have me thinking a little about mortality and I know you are probably thinking: Mortality, WTH girl it’s just 30!!

But I have a good reason for it I swear. You see, my Mom passed away from breast Cancer the day after she turned 46. I can’t help but think of that a great deal today. That would be like me only having 16 years left in this world; only 16 years left to enjoy my wonderful life, my gorgeous children & my fantastic husband.

That thought makes me sad and a little angry because I feel like my Mom got seriosuly gipped and I don’t want that to happen to me. What else can I say about it… I try not to think of it but it does scare me a little regardless (totally downer I know… sorry peeps).

Beyond that, turning 30 is not so bad. Lots of people keep saying Happy 30th… times flies doesn’t it. I agree time does fly but looking back I feel like my 20s actually went on forever and ever. I did so much in my 20s I actually feel like it was time for me to kiss them goodbye and move onto a new chapter in my life.

So, as a way to pay homage to my time as a 20 something I thought I would draw up a little list of all the things I accomplished in the last decade, to honour them in a way.

So here we go from start to finish… My 20s in a nutshell:

20: Met my future husband, lost my Mother, inherited half a house, quit my full-time job.

21: Got my first mortgage when I bought the other half of the house, started my quest to learn to cook, enrolled in college, got engaged (geez… we were young).

22: Continued in college, started to plan my wedding, started the first round of renovations on my house.

23: Got married, traveled to Costa Rica, began the second round of renos on the house including a new kitchen, secured a large scholarship to University & started at University.

24: Continued renos on the house, backpacked across Western Europe, Continued at University, Got a Full-Time job, Bought a new truck, decided to start a family.

25: Continued at University, got pregnant, traveled to Hawaii, Bought an SUV because the truck wasn’t very baby friendly, had my first son Oskar making me a Mom.

26: Took care of my baby boy, perfected my cooking ability and battled a bought of postpartum anxiety.

27: Went back to work part-time, Got over the postpartum anxiety and felt good again, decided to try for a second baby, got pregnant, graduated from College.

28: Had my second son Angus making me a Mom of 2,  Discovered Twitter (this was actually life changing for me), started my blog and realized I wanted to be a writer like my Mother something I always thought I would never want to be, began writing as a hobby, decided to get really in shape and began working out consistently & running, got bumped from my job and placed in a new one.

29: Reached my goal of losing the 40 pounds of baby weight, continued writing, experienced a very sick child when my 2nd son was in Peds ICU for 5 days, had the biggest surprise of my life when I found out I was pregnant for the third time, bought a minivan, began looking for a bigger house, started my new job & loved it, found out I was having a daughter, had a daughter making me a mom of 3.

Whew… that was long. It doesn’t look like much written down but that was 10 years of blood, sweat and tears. I was going to make my list of goals for my 30s but I think that is enough for one day. No more serious today… just fun.

BTW: I realize my list is a little serious for the 20s, there is no denying I was kind of thrown into adulthood a little early so I must clarify there was still some good partying in there. However, if one of my kids got engaged at 21 and married at 23 I would likely FREAK OUT! In this case what was good for the goose is NOT good for the gander. I am such a hypocrite!

Happy Hypocritical 30th to me!!!!

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