it's time. open the door.
i have three weeks left of being 26 and my age has not yet caught up with me. i think i am much younger than this, but i am beginning to feel old. not that 27 is old, it's just that i will be older than i ever have been before. what have i done with all the numbers past? do i have children? a masters? fully stamped passport? nope. but i do have a lot of things that are super cool. i have a husband, two rescue pups (a chuweenie-Andy Too and a pit-Amos Moses) and a head full of arts & crafts ideas. now i also have a blog and i'm gonna treat it well. so while this initial entry might seem negative, i promise you that's not my intention.
so, tick tock. it's time. my birthday is just before the new year and that's perfect timing for resolutions. i don't prefer to make resolutions on that holiday- too cliche maybe? rather on my own holiday, to keep them a bit more personal i guess. none of that quit smoking, lose weight, save money... while those are all wonderful, i think i'll stick to what is most important to me. things i want to accomplish at 27. maybe i'll write out a list.
maybe later.
ding dong. open the door. i am a believer of karma. i believe in the golden rule. i believe that making a difference in someone else's life will effect yours in the same manner. so i randomly (or not so*) decided to begin volunteer work. i have wanted to be part of something that is bigger than my own life for some time now. so i sent an email to the director of partnership for children in austin. i felt good. the first step in the right direction. the very next day i received a bit of karma in the mail. it came in the form of a check- one that was belated from my september wedding to steven. so what's next? i start on wednesday, after work. sorting and wrapping presents for kids. i'll let you know how it turns out.
*not so random decisions. i love my job in retail. i work in one of the most beautiful spaces and i get to help create that beauty everyday that i'm there. for the winter season we created a blanket of snow- by knitting yarn into icicles. we have die-cut cucoo clocks and hand-died mittens. we have sweaters that look like wearable works of art. we have all the elements that create the best place to work. that said, even we have bad days. on these bad days i must remind my self that there is more to life than work. this is my job, not my life. and even on those baddest of bad days, it could always be worse- here i go again- i promise this won't be negative. i am beginning to realize (at almost 27) that i will get back what i give.
i think this will wrap up my first ever entry. so here's to the year to come, and here is where i will document it.
No. 27
cheers,
jess
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