Goodbye Twenties

Today is the last day of my twenties. I never thought that I would be one to care about aging, but as the weeks counted down...I started to dread it. I went to the Dr today to find out that my thyroid is still not working properly. The hope that it would return to normal after X was born is now put to rest. He said that he could feel that it is enlarged, and I need to have an ultrasound done on it sometime in the next few months.

I wasn't able to buy ice cream at the grocery store for my birthday cake because all of the freezer cases are completely empty. I know it doesn't really matter, but turning 30 in the middle of the aftermath of a natural disaster is kind of...depressing. I'm sure Daniel will figure something out.

On the bright side...as my twenties draw to a close, I realized that I have indeed completed the 5 goals that I had for the decade. Here they are...

1. Graduate college
2. Teach children with special needs
3. Live entirely alone (I did for 1 year)
4. Marry Daniel (that day was 5 years in the making)
5. Have 4 children by my 30th birthday

How can one really complain? I can't. But I can set 5 more major goals for my 30's...

1. Raise kind and educated children who know that their mother loves them more than anything else in the world (they will be aged 10, 12, 15, & 17 when I turn 40)
2. Renew my commitment to my marriage (sometimes the relationship suffers under the stress of raising 4 small children. I need to work toward building it up, instead of taking out all of my frustrations on my poor husband...talk about keeping it real around here at the pod)
3. Write something worth publishing...and see it in print.
4. Get completely out of debt (minus the house), buy a house that is precisely perfect for our family, and go to Hawaii.
5. Live with more depth, serve others, stop treading water and experience more spiritual and emotional growth.