I turned 30 this past Friday--I felt like I had already celebrated my birthday (see Mexico photo below!), so when the big day arrived, I wasn't in a huge celebrating mood. My wonderful Navy girls took me out to breakfast and got me some really cute gifts and when I got home, I had a couple of awesome packages from my best friends! Georgetown cupcakes and SUPER sassy riding boots! LOVE my friends!
The rest of my day was pretty low key--I went crabbing by myself...caught a crab (i seriously did this...it's really fun!) and then picked the kids up from school. When I got back home, I started feeling sorry for myself that we weren't going out or having a huge party for my big 3-0! We have had a really busy month so we planned on a chill weekend and I thought I'd be totally fine with this. Still, the more I thought about it, the more I was bummed I wasn't going out for my birthday. By the time Garrett got home, I was MAD. Birthdays are a BIG deal to me, how did my husband NOT plan anything? After pouting for a bit, I finally came out with it! "So, I'm supposed to look back on my 30th birthday and remember we had PIZZA HUT for dinner?" (don't get me wrong, I love pizza hut but on my 30th???)
Garrett looked at me like I was nuts and just walked out of the room--he's the passive type and it was my birthday so I'm guessing he didn't want to argue with me.
About a half hour later I get an email with these pictures inside, the subject read: These are the moments that matter...
They were pictures of my birthday month and all that we had done. It made me realize that YES, we did just have a CRAZY busy and SUPER FUN month AND that I was being a total BRAT.
The moments in life that matter are NOT the ones where you get an expensive present or going out and getting wasted with your friends. It's spending time with your family, the ones who love and celebrate you the most. Thank you, my love, for this reminder and for bringing me back down to Earth. You are always good at that and I couldn't have asked for a better life lesson on my 30th birthday.
So sweet. Such a good guy <3 A great birthday month!
ReplyDeleteyes, so sweet! Sometimes, that's just how it works out for a "big Birthday". You'll just have to double it when you turn 40! (we did nothing for my 30th either...we were planning a wedding that was happening 6 weeks later!) Just gives you an excuse to go all out the next big one! Happy Belated Birthday! (but i think i did wish you on fb, so I'm covered...right?)
ReplyDeleteTHAT'S MY GIRL!!!
ReplyDeleteLOVE, PAPA