30 ... Bring it on

What does being 30 mean to me?

For the past few weeks, everyone from my family have been telling me stories about where they were when they heard I was born.  They were all either at or on their way to New Years Eve parties, so I guess it makes an interesting story.  They all can't believe that I am turning 30.  I guess it makes them feel old, kind of like how I feel when I hear my baby cousin is turning 16 next year.

Jennifer, Age 6 (I'm the one with the red hair). The day we all ate grapefruit

Everyone asks me how it feels to be turning 30, as though there is a huge anvil above my head ready to drop when the clock strikes midnight tonight.  I've checked a few times though, and there isn't.  Unless it is an invisible anvil.  Perhaps at midnight tonight I will turn into a pumpkin ...eek.

My cousins and I ... awh man, look how cute we all were.

So what does turning 30 mean to me?

Well, my ability to deal with a hangover is pretty much non-existent at this point.  To the point where I don't even bother getting drunk because I know what tomorrow will bring me. And drinking too much means having 2 glasses of wine on an empty stomach. Oh, who am I kidding? One glass on an empty stomach and I am done.

What drinking used to be

I've started rolling my eye's every time I accidentally overhear a conversation that high school kids are having.  Or college-ages kids. I'm rolling my eyes right now just thinking about it. Young people. Ugh.

Wine tastings - my favourite kind of drinking now. If you drink 5 glasses of wine at a tasting, it's classy.  If you drink 5 glasses of wine at home, you might have a drinking problem. Unless you pair it with cheese.

The questions from friends and relatives about when I am going to get married and have kids has increased dramatically this year.   Not least because my two older cousins decided to get married and have kids recently.  Thanks guys.

This pretty much sums up 2014

My social life has changed from meeting friends after 11pm to go out to clubs, to after-work drinks at bars, to meeting up for dinner.  Lately, it is all about brunch and coffee dates with friends.  Seems the older you get, the earlier in the day your plans with friends are made.  Being 30 means that I have a socially acceptable excuse to be at home in my pj's by 9pm.  In fact, "staying out late" no longer means 4am, but more like 10pm.  If I'm still out at 11pm, that is so way past my bed time.

I get to start saying "When I was your age" or "When I was younger" and not mean it ironically anymore.  I get to start handing out life advice.  And people will have to listen to me, because now that I am 30, I am so much older and wiser.

Oh ... the good old days when I was a kid

Yeah, I'm actually looking forward to being 30 and bringing on the new decade.

And because I always like a fun fact, here are some other things that turned 30 this year:
1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2. Tetris
3. The Cosby Show
4. The Mac
5. Transformers
6. Sooo many awesome movies, like Karate Kid, Footloose and Ghostbusters