officially an oldster

those minutes & seconds have finally ticked away & the inevitable has happened. i turned 30.

ewwww.

right off the bat - my champagne birthday was not the smoothest transition. those round numbers make you do a lot of sould searching. am i where i thought i would be, is my life the way i planned, etc. long story short, it's not perfect, but it's pretty darn good. at 30 years old, i have:

• a master's degree;
• a cushy government job;
• a plan to start a phd in the fall;
• lots of great, great friends; and
  
• one hell of a fantastic boyfriend.

add all that up, and things ain't bad. oh! and if you haven't seen me in a while... i also have blonde hair. how weird is that?

because i'm at work and time is of the essence, here's another list (one post, two lists!) of some of the activities that occurred on & around my birthday.

• two birthday celebrations with rob's family (it helps to have multiple b-days at the same time);
• a birthday party at the bedford academy for myself, rob, robin & andrea;
• going to see the go! team;
• dinner & the moscow cats theatre with my folks (you MUST read rob's take on the show);
• going to see kanye west at the acc (thanks again, rob... it was super);
• a few other birthday dinners/drinks.

if you're going to turn 30, i suggest you do it in a big way andpread the joy over 3 weekends.