I have a birthday coming up next month, and it's a big one. Perhaps because it looms over my head currently, I think that 29 is bigger than 30. On the other hand, it * is* the last year in my twenties. It seems like the end of an era, right?
The morning after Halloween, I showed up at my local coffee shop pretty close to 8am to get started on the weekend's homework. I ordered my vanilla latte and the barista asked if I had done anything fun for the holiday. I answered with: "Yeah!" Then he asked what I did to celebrate. "I watched a scary movie with my husband and some friends. We had a nice dinner and gave candy to trick-or-treaters." And he said, "That's all?"
My excuse: "I'm old and married." He laughed and handed me my espresso drink (which was delicious, as always).
Yesterday, after a monster Income Tax class session (4 hours to make up for the fact that the prof canceled class the week Thanksgiving week) I walked home to take a nap before my next class (Trusts & Estates) in an attempt to fight off that sore throat (which has improved immensely thanks to Mr. Moggie's soup). I looked around for a fire because I was convinced the white flakes in the air were ashes. When I didn't see or smell fire or smoke, I wondered what was falling from the sky. And then it hit me: it was snow. I felt so silly for not realizing it earlier, and sad that the childish wonderment at the year's first snow had escaped me this year.
I enjoy Saturday nights at home with Grey Moggie and Mr. Moggie more than the crazy nights from my past, I can't decide if my favorite television channel is MSNBC or the Food Network, I've developed a streak of grey hair in my bangs, and I think about things like tax shelters and annuities. I blame the greying hair and financial planning proclivities on the fact that I'm a law student, but I doubt they would be as pronounced if I were a 22-year old law student instead of a 28-year old law student.
And then, tonight, I started to feel better about it all. On Teen Jeopardy, there was a question (or is it answer?) asking what show Chad Michael Murray won a Teen Choice Award for. None of the high school student contestants rang in, but I knew: One Tree Hill. I feel so youthful!
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