Milestones

Have any of y'all seen the episode of Northern Exposure  from season four where Maggie turns 30 years old and also in that episode Marilyn learns to drive? Well this episode is mirroring my life! How fitting that I would rewatch it today!!

Even though I will not be turning 30 this year, my mind was racing with other things during my birthday last year and I did not do any of the "Oh goodness I am 30!" freaking out. This year I am doing a minor amount of the freaking out as my current trip around the sun comes to an end. I do not think I will write letters and send them down a river like Maggie did, but I am going to plan something. My birthday has fallen during RA training since I was in college so I tend to celebrate on a random day near the actual holiday so that it does not conflict. Maybe I will spice up July this year and celebrate my birth sometime in that month!

I am torn between an old fashioned party with bon fire or something like laser tag or bowling. I have a sudden urge to have pizza at a roller rink too. I suppose I should narrow it down and get a reservation on the books. Or maybe I should host one of those fun parties where you paint something while enjoying an adult beverage. Oh the choices are endless!

That paired with my adventure today with my friend Ray fits with Northern Exposure perfectly. Ray had his road test to get his driver's license today and for the last few weeks I have let him drive my car. While it is scary to let someone else drive your only valued physical possession it is also kind of fun to see someone learn how to drive. I have been very fortunate to see students learn a lot of variety of things and to change as they go through College and sometimes it is pretty cool. I got to see Ray pull off some darn near perfect parallel parking in practice just to find out today it is not on the road test! What!?! I feel like that was a skill that I did not need to learn yet I was tested on it and in retrospect I am pretty glad I know how. Little did I know that I would soon live in a small city that has lots of parallel parking in town! It has come in handy since moving from a metro-urban area.