29.

(me, 1979)

I've been 29 for over 24 hours now. It's a pretty big deal. heehee. I had a wonderful birthday! I got to share it with one of the students in my class who will be 3 on Sunday. I love having birthday buddies. :) The sunshine group at work made the MOST DELICIOUS blondie brownies for me. Applebee's maple walnut blondie. I can't do it justice when I describe it but just know I probably ate 20 points in one sitting. (did i mention i'm doing weight watchers? well, i wasn't yesterday).

Corky took me to the #5 last night. It was both the first and last time I will ever dine there. If I'm going to have steak, I'll go to Russell's. It was fabulous company, though. I do love my adorable husband and told him I would have eaten at a rest stop vending machine for dinner as long as it was with him.

My head is only slightly pounding this morning due to the copious amounts of sodium and wine I ingested last night. I still woke up at 7am though. Isn't that amazing. Well, it's because I'm getting old and set in my ways. haha.

Okay, let's see what have I learned this year? I hate baking. After two failed attempts at blueberry muffins from scratch I've realized I suck at it. And I'm okay with that, I have no desire to be good at it. That's why God created Betty Crocker. obviously.

I love my family. Which I knew before I just know it even more now. A lot more. And I realize that I have the greatest family in the universe because it extends out REALLY far and there's always room for everyone! (I imagine big loving arms hugging encompassing each little sector of my family and friends that I call family. It makes me so happy)

I learned that I am a pretty smart cookie. I actually didn't know this before. My level of selfconfidence leaped a bit this year. It was when I was given that scholarship. I never thought I would be smart enough to be given a scholarship I didn't even apply for. Now, does anyone else want to give me money to learn??

I think in this upcoming year there are goign to be a lot of changes and choices to make in my life. The big one being... Now that I've got this Master's Degree, what am I going to do with it? When I started the answer was very clear. Attempt to get a job at BCC and apply to PhD programs. But I didn't know how much I loved teaching 3 year olds then. I have some possibilities stewing in my brain... guess you'll have to stay tuned to find out what they are.