This past weekend, I did it. I graduated from my twenties and jumped, with both feet, into my thirties. Do I feel any different, who ever does on a birthday? But my head thinks I should feel differently. Some strange things have happened recently that makes me realize that I’ve entered a new decade…

…people call me old man now
…I forget words…like the ones you need when you’re in the
…I have an “over the hill” sign in my office
…the kids at work keep asking me the same question, “How does it feel to be thirty?” You think I’M getting old. They’re the ones asking me the same question over and over. Isn’t that a sign of

The weekend was a lot of fun. Definitely a memory that will last awhile; like forever. My wife’s parents and sister came in on Thursday. We picked Tara (sister) up and went to dinner at Universal’s Margaritaville. It was so fun to see her and get caught up. She’s an amazing girl walking through a tough stage of life. I’m proud of her persistence. — Anyway, the food was good but the lighting made everything look old and fuzzy. Kind of like the skin of a peach. Who cares. Kristy’s parents came in later that night. It was good to see them as well. I feel blessed to have them as family. You should be jealous! Okay…maybe I would be jealous if I didn’t have them as my inlaws.

The next day i had to go off to work while my wife and family feverishly worked on my surprise party. By the way, a little word of advice, DO NOT, EVER, ASK QUESTIONS AROUND YOUR BIRTHDAY. Yeah, I was an idiot and asked if there was a party being planned. So, do you ever have that regretful experience of saying something and suddenly wishing you could somehow stop it halfway between your mouth and her ears? I haven’t either. I was just curious.

The party was fun. A lot of fun. Thank you to those who came to celebrate. Your presence there was special and meant a lot to me. We celebrated with food, fun, friends, family, foccacia bread, feastly spreads, fun-drinks (thanks David) and a lot of food (how did you like all of those f-words?). The presents were nice. Here’s a quick run down of the gifts that were bestowed upon me: Acoustic guitar, coffee machine, iTunes gift cards, movie passes, Starbucks gift cards, money, watch, balloons, clothes, shoes, and an amazing scrapbook/photo album that my mom put together for me. It has all of my birthday’s from day one until i graduated from college. Pretty amazing that she had a lot of the birthday cards, pictures and other memorbilia still.

My parents arrived a little after the party started. It was so good to have them in our home. I don’t get that priviledge very often. Funny how family motivates you to make your house more of a home…especially when you want to show your parents that they did a good job teaching you how to be a man and a husband. Thanks mom and dad for coming. It meant the world to me!

The rest of the weekend flew by. Before we knew it, we were schedule trips to the airport. Oh well…it was a good weekend. One that I’ll remember for my entire life.