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<\/p>\nHey, today’s my birthday!<\/p>\n
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I’m 29. It’s my last year in the twenties. Looking back, for the first time, on a decade of adulthood. (When I turned 19, I was looking back at my childhood…) Ten years ago I had just gotten home from a summer of working at Mount Hermon. I was still recovering from my summer crush, a nice boy who played guitar and liked vegetables, and appreciated my sense of humor. (Now I’m married to a great guy with those same qualities, and many more.) I was in my second semester of community college, but not yet in my first “real” job. I got my driver’s license when I was 19, better late than never! On my recent visit home to SJ I drove, for the first time in 5 years, the 1970 VW Bug that I started driving when I was finally licensed. Vroom, vroom!<\/p>\n
Nowadays I’m fine with looking much younger than my real age. It was the bane of my existence growing up. Kids on the playground would call me a liar, but it wasn’t my fault that I looked about 7 when I was really 10. Worse when I was 16 but looked twelve, and had to dress like it too, because stores such as Limited Too hadn’t been invented yet. (Not that I approve of 12-year-olds dressing like they are high school seniors…) Nowadays, I just get carded, and that’s no problem!<\/p>\n
On my Bay Area visit, at BN’s mom’s wedding, I met a little girl who was 3 but turning 4 soon: when’s your birthday, sweetie? October 18th, she lisped proudly. I was thrilled, and excitedly explained that’s my birthday, too. She gave me a confused and displeased look – Young children don’t like to share, remember?<\/p>\n
My birthday gift from BN is a high-performance but cute-cuddly blue fleece jacket – hooded, full-zip. With sort of a shearling aesthetic. I love having a husband with such good taste. It’s a perfect and timely replacement for my slouchy cotton sweatshirt. Cotton is not my friend during winter. I’m gradually building up my non-cotton winter wardrobe, now that I live where fall temps are firmly in the 60’s and below…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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