OK, so I know this a joint venture blog with my husband but today is not his 40th birthday. It's mine. He had his already, so that means I can monopolize this introductory post on our new blog. Today is huge. I've reached a new decade, a milestone of sorts and I'm not sure how to feel.
For the last three-and-a-half years I have been trying to find myself. Find out who I was meant to be in life, what I was meant to do. I examined the "what-ifs", lived without regret, went to therapy, evaluated my paths.
I quit my job, blogged full time, wrote for newspapers, worked at a greenhouse, freelanced in a variety of capacities at a variety of places, helped at my girls' schools, lost weight, gained weight, and now on my 40th birthday I realize I have come full circle. Right back to where I left on November 13, 2008.
I am once again working full-time in the same industry that I kinda sort-of said I would never work in again. I am also doing the same type of work that I really, definitely, said I would never do again. But that's OK, I feel good about it and today is a good day. I'm at an age that I never could, and still can't, imagine being. It's kind of surreal to say "I'm 40 today." It feels like I am talking about someone else. But I'm not. It's all me.
So, hubby and I hope to share this joint venture blog and see where it takes us. I think it will be a lot of fun for others to see our different writing styles and his lack of spelling and grammar checks. :) I hope you sit back and enjoy the ride with us, and I hope to enjoy at least 40 more years of my own ride, working full-time, making money, getting refrigerators for birthday presents (and sleeping gnomes) and just generally being at peace, enjoying life. My life.
