Another year older, but not necessarily wiser...

[snapdragon76]

Well, today is officially my 30th birthday. It feels a bit surreal, actually. I don't feel 30. I don't really look 30.

At the moment, I'm trying to focus on the positive aspects rather than the negative. The fact that I'm still here and relatively healthy is one of them. That I have wonderful friends and family is another. But I can see how birthday's can be depressing for some.

For instance, being fully aware of the fact that you feel you haven't accomplished much by the time you get to a certain point in your life, that can be depressing. Or the fact that you're still living at home, unemployed and single can be another one. I'll do my best to not try to focus on that aspect as I go through my days, weeks, months. Years.

And this is the first birthday I've spent without my grandmother. She was real big on birthdays. She'd give you a call, or if you were in town, take you out to eat. Not getting a card from her is so strange. So alien to me. It's like there's still that hole there. That ache. I try not to think of it too often, but on a day like today, it's hard not to.

Should I think of this birthday as a milestone, or every birthday from this point on as one? As Sophia said, "Any birthday without a headstone is a milestone." Ha ha.

Well, here's to 30 years, and hopefully 30 more to come and maybe more.

BTW, here are my previous birthday posts.

Trivia of the day: Mother prairie dogs will nurse their young only while underground in the safety of the burrow. If an infant tries to suckle above ground, the mother will slap it.

Comments

[vargrimar.livejournal.com]

Congrats on thirty, Snap! ^^

This is weird... I'm just turning sixteen tomorrow. In about fourteen more years, I'll be where you are in age. =P

Anyhow, happy birthday! =D

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Sixteen. *scoffs* You're just a child my dear.


And don't try to grow up too fast. Adulthood will be here before you least expect it. Trust me.

[vargrimar.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know I am. ^^;

I'm in no hurry to grow up, but senior year and college is creeping closer whether I like it or not. Sometimes I wish I were a freshman or even a middle-schooler again. =/

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

I know the feeling...

[vargrimar.livejournal.com]

Icon love! That's just too adorable. ^^ I really like Snape...

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

It's from potterpuffs which I don't think is active anymore. Shame really.

This one is from cleolinda. You should visit her site m15m. She has a hilarious recap of PoA on there.

[flamika.livejournal.com]

Happy B-day!

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Thank You!

[elantis.livejournal.com]

Happy Nameday!


And no worries on the "negatives" of being 30 are... becaue I'm sure the good out weighs the bad.

Especially the "still single" part... that means you can oogle ANY guy you want and not have to feel guilty about it! *oogles your page theme*

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Thank you1


Yeah, I guess it's just because it's my birthday so it brings it all the more into focus.

And feel free to oogle my layout all you want. I know I do. I even have the same wallpaper on my compy. *siiiigh* It's too bad he turned to the Dark Side... or so we assume. Me. I'm still holding out hope.


But I've already told you this over AIM...

[elantis.livejournal.com]

Woah... Deja vous!

Didn't I just hear this?

lol

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Naw, I think you're hallucinating...

[elantis.livejournal.com]

I blame the "happy Pills" that aparently Stampers and I are on... according to p-kitty

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

I said it was due to sipping the silly sauce...

[elvenmoon.livejournal.com]

**BIIIIG BIRTHDAY HUGS**

Don't feel bad about being 30. Remember, I'm not that far behind ^^;; It sure catches up to you fast, doesn't it? You could also try some more of Sophia's logic. Buy a couple cases of fish, and figure that you can't die yet, because all that fish would go to waste ;D

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Is that Sophia logic or Rose logic?

Sophia is my favorite, followed by Dorothy.

And thanks for the B-day wises. If I'm lucky, I got me some MAT3K a'waitin' for me...

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

And I mean, MST3K...


*facepalm*

[elvenmoon.livejournal.com]

It's Sophia logic. It's from the episode where Sophia finds that store that sells in bulk, and keeps buying things because they're cheap :)

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Yes, I remember that episode. It's the one where she had bought a bunch of toothbrushes, half pink and half blue, so that Dorothy and Phil wouldn't have to fight over them. Dorothy then says, "So this is what it feels like to be an heiress."

[tricianna.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday!

I think you already mentioned the positives at the beginning of your post :) If you don't look thirty nor feel thirty, then age is nothing but a number. I do hope you have a wonderful day, nonetheless!

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Thank you!


Actually I've told others that I feel closer to 23-24 rather than 30. So I guess while I'm "chronologically" 30, emotionally and mentally I'm about 24 or so. Not too shabby, I must say.

[elantis.livejournal.com]

Hey....HAPPY BIRTHDAY SNAP...this is essa....well i guess i am goin to go banana's now...t2ul <3 ya

[elantis.livejournal.com]

^^

That would be my little sister...

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

*nods*


Got it!

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

*waves*

Hello Essa! And thank you!

[sunset-glow.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday! *hugs*

You know, I never feel like I'm accomplishing enough. I had huge plans this summer - research for my thesis, spend time at my house up north, write out some of my story ideas, read a ton of books, catch up on all my correspondence and a bunch of movies & TV series, finally get a boyfriend - and pretty much none of it has happened. (That thesis is REALLY hanging over my head, arrrrggghhh.) It's endlessly frustrating.

And yet, you can't really push things. Just take things one day at a time, you know? I try to tell myself that whenever I'm feeling down and not very productive. We'll see how this actually works out (still no work on that thesis, aieeeee), but it usually helps me feel more relaxed about how my life is going. ^^

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Thank you!


And you've gotten farther than I have. I used to say I wanted to try and get my doctorate before I turned 30. *looks around* Obviously that didn't happen, so that sort of dissapoints me somewhat. Stuff happened and I wasn't able to quite make it. But, hopefully if it's still something I want/need to do, I'll do it. I'll just try not to get overly frustrated over it.

[shoujo22.livejournal.com]

Well, it's 10:30 pm and all, but.......

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOVELY!!!!!!

My sister says "Happy birthday other July person."

She doesn't know anyone else aside from one of her high school friends who's born in July ^__^. Crazy huh.

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And you still made it under the wire, so you're good to go.

And tell your sister "thanks" as well...

[kagedreams.livejournal.com]

Happy 30th! Hope you had a great day. ^___^

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Shadow!

And yes, I had a very nice day, thank you!

[thesnipe.livejournal.com]

Have a great birthday =)

30 isn't bad at all, don't fret on the small stuff. What counts is the age you feel and from what you say that's even younger than 30 XD

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Yes, I actually feel about 23-24 thereabouts.

And I had someone last weekend think I was 19! So that was very nice!

[pathseeker.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I haven't posted here much. I guess perhaps it'd do me good to do more posting on lj. But, that's why this is so belated. Either way, happy birthday!

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Thank you, fellow Leo.