Melissa, Oh?

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It ain’t easy turning 32 on a Tuesday.
I mean, who wants to go out on a school night?
Well, apparently I have some of the coolest friends in the world because my birthday kicked ass and I didn’t even expect it to.
We went to a hibachi grill for dinner (Kabuto), and beers turned into saki turned [...]

Today is my birthday. My birthday. But for some reason, I’m not thinking of myself so much today. I’m thinking of my mom.
Because the day of my birth was a much bigger deal for her than me. Heck, I don’t even remember it!
Apparently I was impatient even in the womb. Because my mom’s due date [...]

Change comes, whether we like it or not.
Getting old beats the alternative.
You’re only as young as you feel.
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Sentiments such as those above have been whirling around in my head ever since I reached my 30s. My mom had me when she was 29 years old. So when I reached 29, I felt like that officially [...]

I have virtually no experience in video editing, but Susan brought her Flip to my birthday party so of course we had to have fun with it at the bar. And of course I had to spend all day playing with it in Windows Movie Maker. Apologies in advance for bad lighting, bad camera skills [...]

On my 30th birthday Susan surprised me with a headband from the kids’ section of Party City with hearts coming off of it that say “Birthday Princess.” To her surprise, it was my favorite present of the weekend.
She gave it to me at 3 a.m. as we hung out at our hotel in Asheville, N.C. [...]

It wasn’t my birthday, of course. I’ve been 30 for an entire 6 months now (ick.) This time, it was Susan’s turn to exit her 20s, and we did it Vegas-style.
After taking a red-eye home and sleeping all day, I’m still adjusting back to East Coast time. I am tired, dehydrated, and out-of-whack. But it [...]