29.1

Just how gorgeous was yesterday? Lower 80's, sunny. One of my babysitting "charges" wanted to go swimming, so I just sat out on the pool deck, reading a book. A wonderful mixed aroma of flowers and someone firing up the grill for a barbecue in the air. (I'm pretty sure I wasn't smelling the steakhouse across the street about a half a mile away) The water in the pool was still pretty cold...I dipped in a toe...but he still had fun. It's supposed to be 95 on Saturday! Holy smokes. But, you'll hear around here that people would rather have heat than rain on Memorial Day weekend. A nice start to the summer if you ask me.

Sooo...tomorrow is "the" day. Run away! ;) The monthly birthday luncheon was held today for the IS department at work. The head guy over the department pays for a luncheon every month, and invites anyone that has a birthday that month. Sometimes you get people that weren't able to attend the month their birthday was actually in. Turns out I share my birthday with said head guy. I really should call him the CIO, Chief Information Officer, which is what he really is. All we had was pizza and salad and breadsticks, but it was still pretty good. And hey, it was free. But as for tomorrow, nothing exciting planned. At least, that I know of. My husband is scheduled to work tomorrow night since he's taking a chunk of the weekend off. I plan on plopping myself down in front of the TV at 8 and watching the season finale of "Lost". My parents are coming in this weekend, too. Something's up, though. My husband having a "secret" conversation with a friend after softball. He just shooed me away by handing me his cleats and glove and saying "Hey, can you put these in the car? I need to talk to Brad." Uh huh...yeah. Then, I was at my best friend's house last night, making sure I got her son to bed. He wanted to get online, so I went to type in her password. As I looked down at her desk, there was a small piece of paper with my parent's e-mail address written on it. Yeah, nothing's up! I'm just playing dumb. I'll tell Carol to be more careful next time.

Maybe tomorrow, if I get a chance, I'll espouse upon the joys of getting older. Better yet, the joys of having more "old" moments.

And, just as an informational tidbit! I'm re-discovering the joys of listening to Chris Rice and Steven Curtis Chapman. Kind of cool how lyrics get engrained into your mind. Haven't heard some songs in a very long time, yet I can still sing them like I just heard them yesterday.

So...good-bye 20's! You were a pretty decent decade for me. I learned a whole lot about life and about myself in 10 years. Here's to another 10. And again, I thank you.

Remember when...

Do you remember when....

• Mosaic was THE internet browser
• Yahoo! was the only search engine. Well, there was Alta Vista, too.
• A 486 processor was pretty stinkin' fast...and if you ever mentioned Pentium, there was a collective "Ooooo..." from the room.
• BBS's ruled!
• We were pulled kicking and screaming to use Windows e-mail
• Not every single TV commercial had a URL attached to it
• Personal web pages were created with HTML, long hand, and we liked it!

This is just a list I came up with while I was bored at work. Add on in comments as you wish. :)

The "Clock"

First off, I said it before, and I'll say it again. I need to post more! Since the last time I posted, I've been on-call twice for work. (This entails me carrying my beeper at all times for a week and being paged at any time that I'm needed...including 2:48 AM) I'll say this...the second time was a lot easier than the first time. But I digress...

This post is more to speak about the sometimes loud *bink...BINK...bink...BINK* in my head. (Imagine the timer from the TV show "24") Yes, I do believe it's my biological clock. I am now...wait, it's WAY after midnight...I am now 17 days away from my 30th birthday. Let me explain. Towards the end of last summer, we found out that friends of my husband and me were expecting their first baby. Awesome! (Healthy baby boy was born 4/23, in fact) Middle of September, we find out my husband's cousin and his new wife are expecting. That was quick, since they only got married August 6th. :) Double coolness. Beginning of March of this year, find out that my sister-in-law is expecting with their second. Woo hoo! Another niece or nephew for me to spoil! The day after I return from aforementioned cousin's wife's baby shower, I find out that one of my best friends is pregnant. This is probably the coolest news since they'd been trying for a long time, and the talk between her and her husband had begun to be "If we have kids..." and not "When we have kids..."

So, needless to say, I'm starting to feel the natural pressure of having kids. It is, I believe, unwise of me to want to have kids just because everybody else around me does. Some logic in my brain, though, is saying that I'm not getting any younger. By the time my mom turned 30, I was almost 8 months old. Maybe it's that I feel like everyone else is moving on with their life, and I've kind of been stuck for the past three to four years. Am I not supposed to have kids? I don't want to think about that...but it's there.

The brain is tired...and so are the eyes. It's definitely time for me to get myself to bed. Until next time...hopefully sooner than three or four months...