Last Stop Before 30!

Tomorrow is my 29th birthday! (Yes, my real 29th birthday... not my 29th birthday for the 4th time or something like that.) I have to admit, I'm kind of excited. It's not that I love getting older, because come on, who does? But I am excited to celebrate how awesome 28 was and I look forward to seeing what 29 will hold. 28 was a big year for me. Have you seen those little test to see if you're experiencing too much stress (both good and bad stress)? They list a series of life event and you check off which ones have happened to you in the last year. (Interested? Try it out here.) Each event has a numerical value assigned to it and when you total them all up you get your stress level. Well, when I take the test I get over 300 (interpreted as high level of stress), which doesn't surprise me because when I think back on the past year I see a lot of major life events. In the past year I:

• Tried to buy multiple homes that fell through
• Successfully bought a home (and therefor now have a mortgage)
• Moved
• Was in a car accident
• Went on vacation (doesn't sound stressful, but the test counts good stress too)
• Got more responsibility at work
• Started renovating a house
• LJ started a different job
• Started the adoption process
• Changed my eating habits

That's kind of a lot of changes in one year. But I think 28 has been great. I'm the personality type that thrives off of change and accomplishment. In 28 I've gotten a lot of big life goels done/started (mainly owning a home, starting adoption process) and I'm excited to continue down this path in 29.

I have to admit though, it's no where near where I thought I would be 10 years ago. Saying it makes me feel like an old person already, but "if I knew then what I know now"... let's just say I wouldn't have changed majors 6 times. I absolutely love marketing. I feel very blessed to have found a career path that I enjoy so much, even if it did take me a little while. Loving what you do makes it a lot easier to handle life's stresses. After all, I don't think of work as a chore, more like an exciting challenge. 

So where am I going with all this? (Feel like I've rambled a bit.) I'm excited about 29!!! I'm excited because I now have the house, I like my job, and we're well on our way to becoming parents! I hope/pray that 29 is the year I'll becoming a mom. But even if that's not God's plan, I'm excited to see where this year takes me. I love my job, I love my big project home, I love the friends I've made in the last year and every day I somehow love LJ more than the last (though it never feels like it could be possible!). I am truly thankful for the path I'm on, even if it wasn't what I imagined for myself back in college. It may sound a little corny, but there is a reason I named my blog 'every year gets better'! 

Bring on 29! I can't wait!