Post 30 Observations

When I turned 20 I thought I was so old. When I looked in the future to 30 it seemed like my life would be over by then! Of course now that I am 30, well actually 31.5, I don't feel "old". But I have noticed changes in me that magically started happening when 30 hit. And some of those I don't like very much!

Since May 1, 2006 the grey hairs on my head have multiplied to the point where I can't just pick them out and say all gone! I guess it is a blessing and a curse to have dark hair. Love the color but those grey hairs stick out like a sore thumb. Or maybe it is just me that notices them? Other hair changes too - like getting hair in places hair just shouldn't grow - like my chin, chest, belly, nose. Just kidding about the nose but I am sure one will pop out of there soon enough.

Since I turned the big 3-0, I get pimples again like I am in 6th grade. Nobody told me they would come back like this! And not just pimples but moles and "beauty marks" too. They freckle my skin now! And not sure if this is because I am 30 or because I have had a child but I can't sneeze without peeing my pants. It just isn't fair. I guess I should have taken the kegel exercises more seriously. (Sorry if that was too much information for you all!)

Now don't even get me started on weight gain! I have struggled with that for a long time including pre-30 years. But now the weight comes on so easily and I have to work twice as hard to get it off. Which does warn me about the next 8.5 years of my life! Let's do something about this now before I am 40 and it is 3x as hard. More to that to come in a future blog when I ask you all to help us stay accountable while training for our triathlon this summer!

Some say that children keep you young. I think that is true. We can live through them and their energy and excitement for life. It helps to recreate some of those same feelings in yourself. I am sure glad that being 30 doesn't feel as old as a 20 year old thinks it would. In some ways I feel like my life is just beginning as life changes happen in our lives. Bring on 40 - in the next 8.5 years I will prepare myself. Besides isn't 40 the new 20?

Tina