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I’m celebrating my fortieth birthday with a glance in direction of the following decade. Turning forty appears like an enormous milestone!
Right here’s To Turning 40!
A brand new DECADE appears like such a large bounce! In any case I haven’t began a brand new one in ten years – haha. I must change my Peloton profile to go from 30s to 40s as we speak! That appears like an enormous bounce.
My Twenties: About Me
(All the time gotta take into consideration my sister’s weblog once you point out the Twenties!)
My twenties had been a time of self discovery. Graduating school. Job looking. Beginning a family routine. Adulting for the primary time. Studying to funds. Selecting a profession…..after which one other one. Shifting to a brand new state.
I did lots of self discovery and began to determine who I needed to be on the planet. (After which questioned all that by my mid-30s…)
My Thirties: About Household + Buddies
Having two youngsters, one at 30 and one at 36, formed this decade in probably the most purposeful approach. I knew from a younger age I needed to be a mom, and I’m grateful for my two boys who’re as fantastic as they’re opinionated 😉 They complement one another very properly and are fairly the duo once they get laughing collectively.
I additionally look again on my thirties as a time to encompass myself with individuals I like and care about who will assist me unconditionally, from my associate to fostering friendships. I’ve made many new associates and let some friendships go that didn’t come as naturally as they as soon as had. I like the Charlottesville group and that there’s a lot overlap of buddy teams. And that you may’t stroll to the Downtown Mall or the farmer’s market or ACAC with out seeing three individuals you already know.
Trying Forty-ward
Final 12 months’s birthday when I used to be turning 39 was a glance again in time. This 12 months I’m trying ahead….forty-ward.
Whereas I’ve heard lots of people speak about their 40s and 50s because the “finest years of my life.” I’m additionally a bit nervous! I do know ailments like most cancers can strike at any age, however I’m extra fearful about that sort of factor now than ever. I really feel better anxiousness about our security on the whole than I did in my youthful years, and I’m undecided if that’s due to my youngsters, the world, my age, or the entire above.
So whereas I wish to make grand plans for this decade, there’s an enormous a part of me that claims KNOCK ON WOOD. **Doing that proper now**
Issues To Look Ahead To:
Within the close to future, right here’s what we’ve got to look ahead to this fortieth 12 months!
Birthday Weekend on Bald Head Island
Birch and I have fun our birthdays three days aside, and the boys are out of faculty Thursday and Friday for trainer workdays, so naturally we’re heading right down to our household dwelling on Bald Head Island for a bit of escape! On my day I’m hoping for some scrumptious seafood, and on Birch’s he’s hoping for a pirate cake!
Joint Birthdays in Anguilla
Thomas and I are taking a dream journey to Anguilla in December to have fun each of our birthdays! (I’m 6 weeks older than him.) We booked the journey totally on Chase factors, and we’re staying on the 4 Seasons there due to a present card I earned with Beautycounter final 12 months!! I like a tropical trip greater than something, so I’ve been trying ahead to this for a very long time. **Knock on wooden once more**
Disney World!
I actually hope the youngsters don’t learn this put up as a result of we’re going to Disney World subsequent 12 months! We’ve been debating when to go, the place to remain, the right way to do it, and all these enjoyable logistics for a very long time now. We had been so indecisive!! I lastly stated the one approach to do our first journey is on factors, so we are able to study the ropes with out spending a fortune. And I believe at 4 and 10, the boys are a very good age to go.
We used our bank card technique to get the Marriott Boundless Card and might be staying on the Disney Swan Resort for 4 nights! (That is the one Disney property you possibly can e book with factors as a result of it’s Marriott.) I additionally discovered low-cost Jet Blue flights out of Richmond, and I’m going to get our tickets by way of the Undercover Vacationer utilizing the Capital One factors eraser. I’ll you’ll want to share the journey rewards plan on what we did because it will get nearer if you wish to mirror it.
Residence Renovation Subsequent Yr
Our dwelling renovation is beginning in March and it’s looming over me a bit! We have now to pack up the home and transfer out….for five months. Not precisely one thing tremendous enjoyable to look ahead to, nevertheless, the tip outcome will hopefully be superb (**knock knock**) so it’s now or by no means!! I hope we’ve got moved again in by the point I’m turning 41. I’ve a weblog put up developing with a few of our design inspiration!
What recommendation or ideas do you might have for me on this milestone day?
Just one factor is definite: I’ll all the time be Youthful!
Photographs by Cramer Picture!
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