birthday month.

november is birthday month.

i'm ready for it.

i'm not going to feel old just because i'm 15 days away from ringing in my last year as a twentysomething.

or because some of my friends are juggling four children in a target cart while i'm just looking for a date before the year is out.

i'll feel old because when a stranger asked what year i graduated from college yesterday and i replied "2004", he said, "you're old."

thanks, buddy.

needless to say, i've done some realllly great things so far... and by all measures of success {in my book, which is the only book that counts} i'm exactly where "i thought i'd be by the time i was 30" - a whole year  and 15 day ahead of schedule.