Yeah I turned 30 today and so far it seems ok.

Got 3 cards so far but no presents, don’t that suck? In fairness I haven’t seen anyone yet apart from my work colleagues so I’m sulking about nothing. I’m going for a meal with my family later so all of the surprises are to come.

I was thinking about the excitement of birthdays from when I was a kid. Man it seems like forever ago. Not being able to sleep the night before and then waking up to all of those presents. Wow. The magic kinda goes away after your early 20s. It’s weird how all of those toys would make you so happy and these days I’m so hard to please. Think I lost something somewhere along the way.

Ahh well, that concludes this episode of the sad and desperate 🙂

Wow, I turn 30 in about 3 weeks, on the 26th October to be exact. I would like to be quite detailed and retrospective, but that will have to wait for another time, but for now, let me suffice to say that I am happy with what I have done over the last 30 years. I have few regrets and have achieved many things that I think few others will. I have certainly done most of the things I would like to have done by the time I’m thinking of retiring.

I have had a fantastic time over the last 12 years. I’ve also had some of the darkest periods of my life during that time, thankfully they have been few. What I want to do next is find some stability and some roots. Yes, I am getting old and sensible, many people never thought that would happen, I’ve always been a rolling stone and gathered no moss. I am a little too self-sufficient for my own good and am fiercely independent. It’s time to get serious, lay down some roots somewhere and make plans for the future. There are many things that I should be organising for the rest of my life which I have done little about. Contrary to that idea, I really would like to travel more, it’s always been one of my goals. So far I have yet to make it out of Europe.

That’s it for now. More thoughts another time.

I’ll be on a long overdue holiday between the 4th and 19th October so if you want me during that time I won’t be available. Also, if you need me urgently before then, you’re pretty much out of luck as I’m at work during the day and working on my CCNA for the next 2 evenings. So there 😉