Oh my goodness how I love birthdays and lucky me, today is mine! Seriously guys, birthdays are the absolute best. It's not about presents or anything like that. I love having an excuse to celebrate life, to do fun things that you might not normally do and to spend time with all the people you love. Instead of presents, the Huz always spends a whole weekend having fun adventures with me around the city. We check out new restaurants and go to museums or events that I've always wanted to check out.
I've never dreaded becoming a year older. I think it's fantastic. I've never regretted one year of my life or the way I've lived it, so each new birthday is a chance to celebrate another year of possibilities. Who knows what adventures this year will hold!
So here's a few lists to celebrate turning 29!
5 Things I'm doing during my birthday weekend:
1) Attending my first roller derby game
2) Dinner at a Kurt Vonnegut inspired restaurant
3) Touring Monument Circle
4) Drinks at a cool new martini bar
5) Check out the local craft brews at Tomlinson Tap Room
5 Things I'm planning to do this year:
1) Go to Harry Potter World in September! (already bought the tickets!)
2) Celebrate my BFF's destination wedding as the MOH in June, so freakin' excited for her!
3) Visit Margaret Mitchell's house in Atlanta
4) Swim with Dolphins
5) Attend my first Indy 500 Race (I'm a Hoosier and I've never been, shameful)
5 things I'm grateful for:
1) The Huz, always
2) Health, I take it for granted, but all of the people who are incredibly important to me are healthy, such a blessing.
3) Steady jobs for both me and the Huz
4) My niece and nephews. I may not be ready for kids, but these guys are such a joy.
5) The pup, I post way too many Ollie photos on Instagram, but I seriously love that dog.
5 awesome things I'm grateful for in the past year:
1) Lots of weekend trips and the friends I've taken them with: Shakespeare plays in Wisconsin, a lake house in Kentucky, the Smokey Mountains, Washington DC, Louisville, and Chicago. Each one of those trips was a chance to spend time with family or friends who I love so much. There's something about traveling with people that gives you a chance to get to know them so much better, I love it.
2) Every new thing I learn how to cook
3) Time to read and the desire to do so, such a gift!
4) A massive road trip to Montana with the Huz
5) All of the joyous events in the lives of the people I love: graduations, babies, marriages, success at work, new houses, new pets, new adventures; each one makes me so happy.
Image from here, because birthday pie is way better than birthday cake.
