It is my 30th birthday today! That seems so weird to even type! 30th birthday? Me?? :) I am surprisingly, feeling ok about the whole thing. I mean, yeah, I'm turning 30, and somehow that doesn't bother me. All through my 20's, my life has gotten progressively better ever year...or not better, but I've grown more as a person every year. So if that trend still holds, and I think it will, then I say, bring on the 30's, I'm ready and waiting! I was a little concerned about having my birthday on the road with a trainer, that I might feel sorry for myself, or just be miserable. But actually, I've just been so busy learning new things, and driving all over the place seeing new scenery, that the birthday hasn't seemed like that big of a deal. I'd rather spend my 30th birthday having a crazy adventure in Nebraska, than sitting at home wondering what I'm doing with my life. I don't have to wonder, I know what I'm doing: I'm becoming a truck driver! Plus, it'll make a really awesome story later, "Did I do anything for my birthday? Of course I did, I was in Nebraska!" Ha!
So here I sit, in a motel in Sidney, Nebraska. Outside the window, the sun is just blazing out of a huge, blue sky. I get quite a few special gifts today: the sunshine (which almost never happens on my birthday), a soak in the hotel hot tub, a bathroom that I can walk to in my bare feet, a pomegranate that I brought from home, my friends who all love me, and the best of all: my long-lost cousin and her trainer are headed for Nebraska right now, and might cross paths with us before we head out tomorrow! Such a special birthday!! I turn 30 at 2:56pm Pacific time today, and I am ok with that. 30's here I come!!
-Amanda
Haha, you can just tell people that you went to Sidney for your 30th....:)
ReplyDeleteTruly, though, what an adventure! And you ARE amazing! :)