Anyways, I know its been like forever since I blogged last. I told myself I would start blogging again on my birthday (which is tomorrow!). Then I thought how lame would that be? Blogging on my B-day? Ha! No plans yet, but I shall find myself too busy to blog.
So here I am blogging on the day before my birthday (which is my mom's B-day! Happy 60th Mama!) because I'm all-of-a-sudden too cool to blog on the day of.
In the past, every year on my birthday I would start a new journal. The first entry would always be a reflection of the past year, me giving myself props for what I had accomplished, and a list of goals for the future. And every year I would write in that journal for 1 or 2 good months before I abandoned it for good. Hence, my blog inactivity... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
As I said in this blog's very first post, "I often live in the past". When I'm not living in the past, I'm living in the future. This year the most important lesson I have learned is to live in the present. For some this may be an easy task, for me it's easier said than done.
Nevertheless, the mere fact that I'm here, blogging on the day before my birthday, is proof enough that I have made some progress. Any other b-day, I would have made sure this "ritual"of mine took place exactly on my date of birth, no exceptions. At the same time, in the back of my mind I'm thinking "what if I don't finish this post by 12, then technically I will be blogging on my birthday anyway". I guess I'm not that cool after all...
Oh, by the way, 28 feels great!
No, I'm not as fit as use to be, but I plan on fixing that. So, I'm not exactly where I thought I would be, nor am I doing exactly what I thought I would be doing at 28 but, at least I know what I want to do and what I'm going to do.
Plus, I've always wanted to be 28, its such a sexy age!
So let's see what did we accomplish this year:
I quit teaching after 5 years of service (and they said it couldn't be done!)
Became a flight attendant (the coolest job in the world, that I will most-def pursue again)
Got accepted into some of the best universities for graduate school
Earned a 3.75 GPA my first semester while going to school full time and flying full time.
Dropped to a 3.4 my second semester because I decided to have a life.
Got a new job in fashion! Well, I'm just a shopgirl right now, but I'm loving being in the retail atmosphere. It's inspiring me to be creative everyday.
Lived way beyond my means...it was fun while it lasted!
Saw an old friend
Saw my little cousin go to the prom, damn! she's about to graduate next year
ain't it funny how time flies...
And I'm not even thinking about when he's going to ask me to marry him or whether I want a boy or a girl.
I've learned to take life slow and to enjoy every moment!
So how does one celebrate turning 28?
Secretly, I have been celebrating on the days leading up to.
I engaged in several impromptu shopping sprees, granted my shopping itinerary included: goodwill, target, forever 21, h&m, and an assortment of thrift stores, I still did the damn thang! (stay tuned for pics of purchases)
Took myself to see Miss Badu.
Bought one very expensive dress (its for my upcoming high school reunion and ya'll know I was "Best Dressed" (as I will mention as many times as I damn well please) so I have to be fly)).
Will probably make one more expensive purchase tomorrow (I will keep everyone updated) and maybe get my hair and nails done or go get a massage or something like that...do some grown woman shit...
Hit a bar, take one to the head, get some head.
Or do some lil' girl shit, like going to the skating rink (yes, I have my own skates!)
Whatever I do, I'll be doing me, I'm sure. (I promise I will post pics! (maybe that next expensive purchase will be a new camera!)).
S♥S
Damn, I have a lot of blogs to visit...where you at Don!?!
