29

I am now a new number. Today is my birthday, the first day beginning my last year in my twenties. What a sad thought. I know it's just a silly number, but it really means something to me. There is happiness in that number, knowing that I am exactly where I wanted to be at 29, but there's also a little twinge of sadness because I know it's the beginning of feeling truly older. I've joked about being 29 all day. It's that age that older people lie about when they pretend to be younger. I am now that person I used wonder about when babysitting as a teenager, with a house overtaken by toys and laundry baskets. It means that starting this time next year thirty something will be in full swing. Scary! I will try to include a clip from one of my all time favorite movies, Overboard, with Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell. If I can't get it to work, rent the movie, it's hilarious! Being 29 reminds me of a scene where Goldie Hawn, "Annie" asks Kurt Russell, "Dean" how old she was because she lost her memory and after pausing for a moment he responds "29." This is an eighties movie that I used to laugh at in my younger days. Now I'm that number!!! Maybe I'm freaking out a little too much, but to pay tribute to my age I decided to include that comparison. It's funny how the movie Overboard's quotes can very easily fit into every day conversation and reference. Ha Ha! At least I can laugh about my inevitable aging.

Okay I tried inserting the YouTube video for that part in the movie but I am just that uneducated in computer stuff. Instead I'll try inserting a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7cYZcZEW18