MzMari3

It is officially 30 days until I turn 30! This year I have vowed to blog each day until my 30th. Hmmmm that is going to be tough being that I just started, so please don’t judge me if I miss a day.  I was not sure what I wanted to blog about but I decided that this will consist of varying thoughts/ideas/experiences that I have had leading up to 30.

Well to start off this post, I decided to start with what turning 30 means to me. Now pay attention! Because this is about to get real deep!!!

What 30 means to me! 30 means, I am 30! nothing more nothing less!!! I have not deep inspirational thought to give you about turning 30! I am going to feel the same way I felt the day before when I was 29!

It’s amazing to see peoples expressions when I tell them my age. Kids are like wow, you are old! It’s actually pretty funny to me because when I was a kid, up to about high school, I thought 30 was pretty old myself! So I’m not offended little kid who said I was as old as his granny!

It’s funny that when I interact with older people, they are amazed when I say the I am about to turn 30. They are like we thought you were in college! I actually had a conversation with an older couple the other day on the plane. I noticed that they kept looking at me during the flight. But I am the person who puts in her headphones to listen to music but to mainly display that I DO NOT want to be bothered. Anyway, when we landed, I took out my headphones and they were like what school are you at? I was like huh? The lady repeated herself and I was like uhhh I’m sorry, I’m not in school. Been there, done that, several times. So we conversed and later in the conversation her husband explains how they were talking bout me and thought I was in college. Thank boo!!! They say black don’t crack so I’m sticking to that.

In another situation, unrelated to me but related to age, my mom was getting her hair done the other day. Her stylist, I’m not going to lie, I thought she was 30. 29 maybe, but 30 for sure. Later, when we get home, my mom and I are talking. She is like Constance! I did something embarrassing! So you know I’m all ears now! She said she was talking to the hair stylist and was inquiring about her family life. My mom says ” Oh, so you are 29 or 30, that’s how old my daughter is.” Well my mom was in for a surprise! The stylist was like no! I’m only 20! My mom said she felt so bad! Now I’m not going to lie, she did look my age!!!

The BIG 3-0. When I was a kid I thought that was old. Now I’m like well dang, I’m still trying to get a hang of this thing called life. I feel that these last couple of years leading up to 30 have been very lesson driven. I have been able to learn more about myself, what I believe, things that I like, love, hate. I have been able to explore more, I have taken more risks, I have been able to be like SCREW IT, I TRIED or like AWESOME, IT WORKED OUT! Coming into 30, I feel like maybe some people will take me a little more serious. Or maybe not, remember I still look like I’m in college!

That is my first thought about turning the BIG 3-0!

-Mz.Mari3