My First 29th Birthday

Honestly, I don't think I'm going to lie about my age as I get older. My dad used to say that you should act and be the age that you are. Some of the best advice I ever received. The actual birthdate was Nov. 27th. Yes, this year it fell on Thanksgiving. I used to wish for my birthday to be on the great day of thanks, but it was highly anticlimatic this year. I now know a smidgon of what it would be like to have your birthday on or too close to Christmas. My birthday was a very quiet, common day. It was kind of nice to not have a big deal made out of it. But I want a surprise party next year. . .
For all those without children, that is a McDonald's playplace. Take a good look, 'cause once you have children, babysit them, or have neices and nephews, you will tend to spend a good amount of time at one of them.
Some things about me:

• I'm a terribly unorganized person. I hide it fairly well, but when it comes right down to it, I fall in the category of "seriously lacking" in organizational skills.
• I'm scared of fake spiders. I'm getting to the point where I can kill smaller REAL spiders. But ever since the 4th grade I've had a great fear of fake spiders. A kid in my class threw a rubbery one at me underneath a table and it freaked me out. Yep, can't even do the spider rings for Halloween. There were a couple of doorways that I had to take a deep breath and run through this year for fear of the fake spider hanging over the door in a fake web.
• I had a very uneventful 5 years of college. No sleepovers in random spots as a fan or to save a spot for anything the next day. No adrenaline/peer induced dares or other incidents. Heck, I barely went to any football games. I think I went to three?
• But I love sports! I will go anyday if you have an extra ticket! I'm even getting to the point where I can stand to watch them on TV and that's saying a lot for me. I mourn the loss of the days when I played in school. I can still hold my own and even surprise some people, but I'm not nearly as good. If you stuck me in front of a softball fast pitcher now I think I'd wet my pants.
• I've decided that I'm a jack of all trades and a master of none. I do believe that I have many talents. If I were to be "master" of any of them it would be vocal music, but I don't feel like a qualify for that title anywhere but in ward choir. I can cook, do basic crafts, basic computer skills, sports, music, make people laugh in a group, talk to just about anybody, have meaningful one on one conversations, etc. I've been greatly blessed. But mostly I just dabble here and there and manage to squeak by. :)
• I've never had a BFF. Many good and close friends, but never a BFF. I think that will be Michael in the long run.
• Though I'm very independent and have a strong personality, I'm heavily dependent on being able to talk through things with others around me. Good or bad. I fear I talk too much about myself at times, but it's a central coping mechanism for me.
• I'm longing for a third child. But it shall have to wait until the proper time. Michael keeps telling me that once we have a third that we're just going to go on the fast track to get them all here and be done with it. :) I'm fine with that at the moment. Each day my children become more precious and beautiful to me.