And thank god it's over. 26 wasn't a birthday I was particularly looking forward to, but something about the actual event was... well to say it was a letdown would at the same time be an overstatement (wasn't expecting anything) and an understatement (was a complete and hideous drag).
Cleaned my room so my landlord wouldn't see how disgusting it was when he came to work on the furnace today, then worked all day at the office. The day was freezing cold... drove home in the sleet to an empty house, a few friends dropped by briefly, then I watched TV on the DVR and went to bed. Whoo.
So I'm 26 now, officially the age my mother was when she was finished with having all her children. Officially the age that my teen-years mentor finally gave up and got married. Officially more than halfway through my twenties - the decade in which I'm supposed to figure it out and become an adult. *twiddles thumbs*
Alright, so I have a few mental issues to work through. 
The last few days have been kind of miserable on their own, without all this birthday fuss layered over the top. Things with my landlord are not what one would call ideal, my personal life is (as usual) somewhat wrecked, and the everpresent financial crisis is still with me.
And finally, to add insult to injury at work today I had to quote infertility benefits (I work for a health insurance company) to a woman younger than I am! Way to feel young!
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I had my 26th birthday 2 months ago and it couldn't have been more different from yours. It's a good story and one that I'm now prompted to share in my own blog.
I'm broke too. But I'm still alive, and playing games, seeing friends and having a good time. Age doesn't matter, you can still do these things!
| SophinaK wrote: |
| ... more than halfway through my twenties - the decade in which I'm supposed to figure it out and become an adult. |
Dammit ... I must've missed the memo!
Words of advice to young people (# 23):
Don't sweat it ... you're still young, and there's plenty of fun yet to be had!
Hope the year gets better for you!
| SophinaK wrote: |
| ...the decade in which I'm supposed to figure it out and become an adult... |
), and I am in no way adult. Sure, I get up and go to work everyday, pay a mortgage, and have a 401(k), but I come home and just want to play games and have a drink. Being an adult is learning to accept that, instead of playing those games, you take more of that time to prepare for the next day and do a chore or two and less for yourself. But I still just want to slack off and play.Everyone gets down on themselves sometimes; it happens to me a lot lately since my life rarely feels like my own anymore. User Reetesh reminded me most recently of what I do have, as in India his power is turned off for two hours every day, whereas I was cursing having lost power on my second floor for a week. If I remember all this correctly, you've got a job, a car, a place to live, and don't have to worry about putting food on your plate. If you have time for leisure, you've got more than most people on Earth, no joke.
Happy birthday: As a young and bright woman, if you keep an open mind and work hard, there is no question that good things will - eventually - happen to you.
Good Lord, I am turning into my parents!
I still have a long time to settle down to beat my parents. They were forty years old when they got me and my sister.
And you're not old until you've replaced ALL your hopes and dreams with regrets... I still have a little bit of both myself >.> but I still haven't dropped my dream of owning my own rocket ship one day... nah, I'll keep that one...
I know how you feel, though. I'm 23 and single myself at the moment, and all I hear from my parents is that they were married with children by the time they were my age. They started rolling that one out ever since my two younger cousins had babies, like it was some sort of competition. But you're still young, you've got plenty of time to settle down and have kids, so don't worry so much.
But when you do have kids, could you name one of them Cuthbert? I love that name.
It's a shame it wasn't the best, but as L. Ron Hubbard once said: "Life is just better with scientology." So perhaps you should give them a call!
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