It's all downhill from here!

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So the big 3-0 is here! I had grand plans of how I would celebrate this day; weekend trip to Vegas, day trip to Chicago with Hubs, the very least a night out with the girls at my favorite downtown piano bar! So how did I celebrate? Work, take Strip to ballet, back to work, and dinner at the kids' favorite restaurant because it was late and they were exhausted.

Was it the night I planned? No. Am I upset? Not really. I think I would have been more disappointed had I wasted the almost 11,000 other days of my life worrying about plans I'd made instead of enjoying the life I was living.

So in honor of me crossing that birthday off my list, I thought I'd celebrate by compiling a list of things I've done in the past 30 years (what's the opposite of a bucket list?). Here goes:

• was born!
• Hit all of my normal milestones
• embraced total kidney failure
• rocked dialysis
• got the old kidney's working again
• learned to water ski
• sang my first solo in church
• graduated kindergarten
• learned to snow ski
• took ballet
• took jazz
• took tap
• felt my way through elementary school
• wandered into middle school
• got braces
• performed in Carnegie Hall (finger cymbal duet, thank you!)
• braces off!
• performed in Constitution Hall
• braces back on
• traveled to London and Paris
• High School
• made the boys varsity soccer team
• Opera company? Sure!
• toured Germany
• braces off
• drivers license
• Met Hubs
• Learned to drive a zamboni
• Accepted into colleges (yes, that's plural)
• graduated High School
• off to college
• met a pot-luck roommate who could have been my twin
• took some classes
• took some classes
• took some classes
• Started working at a jewelry store (with grand plans of moving to NYC and working at Tiffany's while starring on Broadway and winning a Tony)
• Adopted June Bug
• declared a major (because I was running out of classes to take)
• Received my GIA diamond certification
• Finished up BA
• Started dating Hubs
• Internship
• Graduated!
• emergency appendectomy
• Hubs proposed!
• Off to Prague with UP for 2 weeks
• got a job as a parapro
• moved into an EBD classroom...
• wedding plans started!
• party, party, party!
• married Hubs!!
• Honeymoon in Mexico (Don't eat sushi down there. Ask Hubs why if you REALLY need to know).
• moved to NC
• Had Strip
• Moved to South FL
• Impulse bought a house in a city we'd never set foot in
• met some fabulous people
• went to Disney World
• got a job
• went to Disney World
• Had Nugget
• Went to Disney World
• promoted (or working more hours!)
• Went to Disney World
• moved up North (bought our second house in a city we'd never set foot in)
• met some more fabulous people
• went to a pumpkin patch (a real one!)
• picked apples from an orchard
• got a job
• first visit to Chicago
• visited our first Christmas tree farm
• went into anaphylactic shock
• discovered I'm allergic to all food
• played in the snow
• taught my daughter to ride a 2 wheeler
• promoted (or working more hours...)
• continued hanging with fabulous friends
• sang at a wedding in Disney World
• 10 year high school reunion
• more apples, more pumpkins, more Christmas Trees
• Taught myself how to sew
• volunteering at preschool
• Said good-bye to June Bug
• Said Hello to Zoe
• Fought off a mouse in the house
• started teaching preschool
• Taught my kid to tie her shoes
• Survived my child taking the bus
• Settled into life and enjoying it
• Taught my other kiddo to ride a 2 wheeler
• Curve ball thrown and we're moving. AGAIN
• Impulse bought our THIRD house in a city we'd never lived in
• Went to Disney
• Got a job
• Met some MORE fabulous people
• Went to NYC with my favorite 5 year-old
• signed up Hubs, UP and myself for a half marathon
• Went to Disney with just the kiddos (and lived to tell about it)
• Started working more hours and a second job
• Went to Disney

And I wouldn't change a single bullet point. Because changing one would mean changing all the ones after it. So, I'm really looking forward to seeing what the next 30+ bullet points have next to them!