The Year Before My Not-So-Mid-Life Crisis
In just under 12 days (it’s more like 11 days and 22 hours and 30 minutes now) I will be turning 29. And after 8:30 am on May 3rd I’ll have approximately 8, 765.82 hours until I that last glorious year of my twenties ends. Can I say that I’m just slightly better than panicky right now?
Yes, I know that 30 is anything but old and I think there’s supposed to be some saying that women are supposed to be in their prime in their 30s or something, but really the thought of 30 is about to kill me. I am now scrambling to make promises that I will probably not be able to keep that will ensure that I have crammed as much as possible into those first 29 years of my life.
Of course the first of these 2010 resolutions is to see the Great Pyramids in Egypt. Despite the fact that I’m actually petrified that I’ll get “blowed up” while I’m over there, I am now bound and determined. I should mention that petrified is really an understatement. There is a part of me that feels like going to Cairo is really some horrifically morbid death wish that comes out of my fear of turning 30. But, last night I came across this article about how they think that they may have actually found the tomb of Cleopatra and Marc Antony. Sweet!!!! My desire to go to Egypt has increased three fold. I’m also interested in being able to check off #19 on my bucket list.
Next on my list is something that I just sort of came up with today. Every year I always participate in NaNoWriMo. I, of course, have no intention of quitting any time soon. I’ve won two straight years in a row, and now November just doesn’t seem like November unless I’m writing a novel. Not to mention, NaNoWriMo has sort of been declared a month long literary insanity-type holiday in my house. But, to up the ante in 2010 I plan on participating in not only NaNoWriMo but also in Script Frenzy. Crazy? Yes. But come on people… we’re talking about helping me to defer a potential Not-So-Mid-Life crisis here!! Several of my Twitter friends will be participating with me:
- @jonsinger
- @gatetiend (who will be turning 20 – be sure to wish her a happy one!)
- @litrock
I’m open to other suggestions for how to fend off my Not-So-Mid-Life crisis. However, I’m not too much of a thrill seeker. I will not be jumping out of any airplanes (if I’m paying for a flight I really feel like I deserve an actual take-off and a landing, all from the confines of my nice cushy seat). I also cannot do crazy things like quit my job and travel the world for a month. I need real tangible thigns that are actually attainable. I also like intellectual challenges.
30 ain’t nothin’. You’ll rock your thirties.
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