This is 30.

For me being 30 is…..

• taking 2+ days to recover from a hangover.
• boobs that are now closer to your waist than your neck.
• being unable to wallow in sickness as a toddler needs you to read to him RIGHT NOW!
• scrimping and saving and still barely making ends meet.
• feeling tired regardless of how much sleep you get.
• wondering why you still don’t feel like a grown up.
• thinking a night out which begins after 8pm is madness.
• preferring quiet pubs to noisy clubs.
• opting for a quiet night in rather than a crazy night out.
• no longer going for the budgetiest budget hotels.
• feeling like you might no longer be faking being good at your job.
• faking having a handle on parenting instead.
• needing to sleep in a proper bed.
• wondering if a house party when the baby will be sleeping upstairs was the best idea?
• being thrilled about the colouring books you were gifted.
• worrying about pensions and cholesterol.
• thinking you should probably have learned to hold your drink by now.
• realizing it has been 19 months since your last hair cut.
• searching for overlooked old lady chin hairs.
• being concerned about grey hairs on your head…and elsewhere.
• being thankful for my family and where my life is at right now, despite all the other stuff 🙂