The weather has been kinda gloomy for the most part, which seemed very fitting for the day. I have always known that I would have a hard time reaching this milestone and it has been a little tough... I mean, how many women like getting older? I am really noticing the wrinkles/laugh lines around my eyes and stray grey hairs popping up and I think I have seen more doctors this year than I have over the past 10 years. I have had my annual female check-up (because I had to), an appointment to check my cholesterol (to make sure I wasn't on the verge of a heart-attack), an eye exam (to make sure I didn't have some sort of tumor due to headaches and eye stress- no tumor, just an increase in prescription), an ENT appointment (to make sure I didn't have some sort of tumor due to horrible ear pain- no tumor, just chronic ear pain), an emergency room visit resulting from a gallbladder attack (and now I have a scheduled gallbladder removal in December.. fun!) and an MRI for a benign spot on my liver. I'm sure I'm forgetting something. I still have to see an orthopedist for back pain and a periodontist for bone loss on a tooth. Yeah.. getting older isn't proving to be fun at all. Although, I have been saying that I would rather get old and celebrate more birthdays than the alternative. So, if my 30's manage to be half as good as my 20's, then I suppose I'm looking forward to it. :-)
The beautiful flowers my Dad sent me:
The beautiful rainbow through the gloom:
My beautiful, messy boy after eating birthday chocolate covered strawberries and bananas:
(I'm not sure why Travis was trying to get him to say 'touchdown,' but Tyler just wanted his picture taken. haha)