Well, we are officially less than 24 hours away from my 30th birthday.  That’s crazy!  I don’t feel old enough to be 30!  (We all know I don’t act it.)  I have been told that your body doesn’t build new muscles after 30.  I’m not sure I believe that, but I guess I better do a lot of sit-ups and pushups today just in case!  My 20s were great.  I had a blast.  A lot happened in the past decade.  These are just a few of the highlights.

• Did the college thing.  Well, most of the college thing.  For longer than most do the college thing.
• Moved to Texas and solidified the fact that I am not a Texan.
• Became a pastor.
• Bought a Jeep Wrangler.
• Switched from Windows to Mac.  Never looking back.
• Met the girl of my dreams.  Broke up with her.
• Re-met the girl of my dreams.  Got a 2nd chance.
• Married her.
• Moved to California.
• Lived at the beach.
• Had Jessika Kaye James.

Like I said there are many more.  But now I have to start looking forward.  I apparently have to be an adult.  But now that I am about to be over the hill, I will have to come up with new things to accomplish.  I’m thinking things like the following:

• Bingo
• Reading The Newspaper
• Getting confused with this new-fangled cellular phone
• Hip replacement
• Dentures
• Daily Crosswords
• Pick out a headstone and start carving my eugoogoly

That seems like a good list to get started on.  But I think I’ll wait to start on it until after I’ve had my morning coffee and senior citizen discounted grandslam breakfast from Denny’s at 4:15 AM.  So until then I guess I’ll enjoy the last day of my 20s.

PS – for those of you that are planning on calling me on my birthday, please do it earlier in the day.  I will be switching to my new “old man” bedtime of 6:25 PM starting Day 1 as well as adopting my new speed limit so don’t expect me early!