Today is my Birthday!

I got some goodies, some spending money and a nice dinner out with my family.
It's been a good day.

So, I have totally survived the 14th anniversary of my 27th Birthday.

Now, I've never obsessed about my age and I usually feel younger than the calendar and my birth certificate say that I am. The other day I took one of those silly quizzes over on FaceBook. The results really were no surprise to me. My Actual Age on their quiz was 34. Somehow I shaved 7 years off my age.

In the past week I've had the opportunity to talk to two women who are within a year of me in age. That is not remarkable. What is remarkable is that they both have two children WHO ARE LEAVING THE HOUSE. Yeah, as in moving out, going to college, heck the one woman is a grandmother, TWICE!

I've also had the opportunity over the last 2 years to share stories and advice with a woman who has a child the exact same age as Sweet Pea. When I did the math one day, I realized that I could be her mother and grandmother to her child! I've discovered she's wise beyond her years and that I'm not too "old" to learn from someone younger than I am.

My life has taken me places over the last 7 years that I never thought I'd go. I've been downsized by my employer. I've had to learn a new job from top to bottom. I've loved and now lost. I've had not one, but two beautiful babies. I've purchased investment properties and not one, but three different cars. In the next year I will be purchasing a new home. It kinda makes me wonder where I'd be and what I'd be doing if those 7 years really were shaved off of my life.

And even though my girls are at a very, very, very busy age right now and I'm loving every minute of it, I'm ready for the rest of my life to slow down just a smidge. Once I get through this year I'm planning to try to NOT make any changes for awhile.