30 years ago today at this exact time (9:56am pacific time) my mom gave birth to me. I don't know my weight or length but from what i'm told my birth took awhile as the doctor "couldn't find me" nor could they find the anesthesiologist. With going through labor myself and feeling that pain that can't be described until you go through it yourself, I am in awe of my mom who went through it without any pain medication.
On this day 30 years ago:
J.R. on the T.V. show Dallas was shot.
Bread: $0.51/loaf (
@ walmart the bread is close to $3 -- although at Grocery Outlet I can get Sara Lee bread for 99cents)
Milk: $1.60/gal (
last time I bought milk it was 2.50)
Eggs: $1.33/doz
(last time I bought eggs it was about $2)
Car: $7,574 (
sad that after 3 years of having our car we finally have it BELOW this...)
Gas: $1.22/gal (
it really hits home when I see this number....just got gas yesterday and it was 2.90)
House: $76,400 (aren't we back to this # for some homes??)
Stamp: $0.15/ea (42cents now right?)
Avg Income: $23,974/yr (isn't this now in the low income category?)
Min Wage: $3.10/hr (I believe now its about $8 ?)
DOW Avg: 964 (its a lot higher then this now!)
This is me on my first birthday. The all important one. As you can see I liked cake back then too...and I wanted to offer it to anyone who was around. In the background is my big brother Chris.
This is me excited in my new room. This would be my room for the next 17 years (I was 3). Why did I put this picture here? Well this was a big day for us. We were moving into our own home. Mom and Dad didn't have to worry about rent anymore....just a mortgage. So many memories i've had and now Logan has claimed this room as his own (wait scratch that...we changed it without him having a say at all except for his pillowcase.)
From that picture in 1983 to this picture in 1998 so many things happened. I lost a grandmother, gained 4 more years of education, lost my heart, gained my heart back but mostly in pieces, and made some wonderful, life changing friends who, without them I wouldn't be who I am today. I learned that I needed to do what was right for me and not get walked on. At the age of 18 I thought of the age of 30 as so far off. I had YEARS before I would turn 30 and now as 30 is knocking on the door it seems like just yesterday I was posing for this picture.
Then 1999 came. I think this was the worst and absolute best year of my life. I gained the man of my dreams who took my heart that I had in pieces and put it together again. He held on tight because only a few months into our relationship it broke....again....with the sudden death of my dad. I couldn't function. I had to be strong for my mom but Herbie let me fall to pieces with him. A short time later I lost my other grandmother. This time it was nature taking its course.
After all this and we were finally on the mend or at least getting there Herbie proposed. I remember that night vividly. He walked around the truck to get my present and came back shaking nervously. He told me he wasn't cold but it shocked me because I didn't know what was going on and he was shaking bad. He handed me one flower ring and instantly told me to close my eyes. I felt the air shift around me and he told me to open my eyes and he was down on one knee and asked me to be his wife. oh how elated i was. I asked him right then. WHEN? I was ready.
We got married on August 12, 2000. It was a HOT day but I barely remember the heat...mostly jealous of all the people who got to change into comfortable clothes while I was still in my dress. BUT if I had changed I wouldn't have this picture to love:
After we got married we stayed in the house I grew up in....we just switched rooms with my mom until 2002 where we had a brief time of living in an apartment. We came back when rent got too high. I transfered from Yuba College and started attending Chico State. In December 2004 I graduated with a B.A. in Liberal Studies. I loved college but I just had one goal in mind. A teaching credential. In January of 2005 I started Chapman University and got my Pre-credential in January of 2006. I felt very accomplished. I subbed a lot and got a teaching position for the 2006/2007 school year as a temporary teacher. I was on my way to get my FULL credential. I then found out on February 9th 2007 that I was pregnant. I was in complete and utter shock as we had been trying for 5 years with no success. I did not think the bloodwork was going to come out positive. Also in 2007 I lost the only grandfather I ever knew (my dad's dad died before Chris was born) And with the job I had until now I have tried with no success to get another job to get my last year done (you have to have 2 years of teaching and going through the BTSA program to get a clear (full) credential here in california). Now with this economy I don't see it happening. But I know teaching is what I am meant to do. I love it, I just want the chance to be able to do it.
ok I am getting off track. I am nervous about turning 30 but as a wise woman told me this week (thank you Heather): You're joining the 30 club - it's not bad. You'll get wiser. I like my 30's much more than my 20's. 20's, you think you know it all, but 30's you realize you didn't and still don't - AND it's ok. I like knowing that I don't have to have it all figured out, that it is in God's time for things to happen and not mine, and that its ok.
I think I am going to enjoy my 30's. I have a wonderful husband, a cute and always suprising 2 1/2 year old, a loving family and a great support system of friends, why wouldn't I enjoy my 30's?
