It's official, I'm old.

Yeah, yeah I know, 27 (almost 28) isn't old.  But man do I feel it.  Seriously, where has the time gone?  Seems like yesterday I was 23.  Oh yeah, I had a child, then another one.  That's when time started to fly by.  I now know what my mom has been talking about for decades..."you're only as old as you feel."  Ain't that the truth! Some days I feel like I'm in my early 20s, others I feel like I'm in my older 30s.  But for the majority of it all, I feel younger than I actually am.  I find this when I meet people in their early 20s, I feel that we're the same age but then they remind me of my actual age by asking, "How old are you?" and it dawns on me that I'm older than them and older than I feel.  A lot of my friends here are my age or a little older, but even to me in my mind they're around my "age" and boy am I shocked when I hear they're in their late 20s/early 30s....because wait a minute, that means I am too!  I remember thinking when I was a kid that 30 seemed so far away and so "old."  Now here I am, 2 years away.  I'm really not complaining, it's a good thing I feel younger.  The thing that got all of this stirring in my mind (because I really I could care less) is receiving a Facebook invite to my 10 year high school REUNION!

10 years.  Gosh, so much has happened in 10 years.
I haven't completed a degree (my hiatus is about over and I need to get back into the swing of things) and I'm not a doctor, dentist, or lawyer like some of the people I will see at that reunion.  But in these past 10 years, I have finally found myself, I have discovered what means most to me, I have enjoyed all obstacles and experiences thrown along my path (both difficult and easy), suffered through guilt, overcame my past, lived in 4 states, shared bonds & friendships with people I might have never had the opportunity to, learned how precious life really is, experienced love at it's lowest & highest points, and I have created 2 lives.  This decade has been quite the adventure and I look forward to what the next one holds. :)