Comments on: Post 30

By: Charley

Charley — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:46:08 +0000

Oh yes. I’ve been 30 for a month and despite having a mild freak out about the general concept of being in my third decade, it’s really ok. Only regret for every minute of my 20′s I spent being self destructive and/or plain miserable. SO much to pack into the next decade, lots of catching up to do; I’m feeling the pressure but excitement too. In short life = pretty wonderful.

No idea how you guys cope weather wise, the roads here have been thick ice for weeks and we’re not at all used to it so people are driving like lunatics. My mother is a mess, she’s become an ice-o-phobe.

By: Gillian

Gillian — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:02:48 +0000

April’s right, 30 brought more than I thought it would. Though my 30th birthday was the worst birthday of my life, I’ve truly loved the clarity that’s come with being 30.

By: Brittany

Brittany — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 06:18:11 +0000

Maybe the lunar eclipse will cheer you up
The last people who gazed upon a lunar eclipse on the winter solstice lived 372 years ago. Nature rocks!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 03:29:01 +0000

Happy birthday!

Unrelated to your post I thought of your blog today when I saw a news story of a couple who were asked to leave an indoor water park because of their tattoos. They were having their son’s birthday party there and other parents found their ink offensive. This was in the Chicago suburbs and they were interviewed on the news. They didn’t show the tattoo that apparently was the problem but it was a pin up girl.

By: Siobhan

Siobhan — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 01:50:55 +0000

Happy Birthday. I’m just a month and a half away from the big 3-0 myself. Hope you continue to live your life the way you do and love it the way you do.

By: April

April — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 15:05:43 +0000

Somehow I thought you were already over 30…not that I’m inferring anything age related, but there is a sageness that I’ve found comes with 30 (ask Gillian, she found it, even though she didn’t think she would), and it seemed to me you already had it. Wise beyond your years I guess. Happy Birthday!

By: Twwly

Twwly — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 14:37:30 +0000

I’ve already rolled two trucks (one crushed like a ball of foil, the other drove away) NOT giving her shit. (Slushy roads and a flock of geese the first time and black ice the second). First time without kids, second pregnant with Maggie with Bob in the car on Christmas Eve, thank god hit a mail box and not a phone pole, I’ll never forget that minute of pure fear, no control of the vehicle, thinking I may have killed my children.

Then Scott had this little altercation, which was in the middle of the day in the summer! Total twat driving mind you, but lets assume most of them are…
http://twwly.com/2009/05/23/the-other-car/

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 04:37:01 +0000

amen! except the driving thing, i say give er shit and have friends with ropes and pickup trucks, keep the tank full and the phone charged!!

By: Steph

Steph — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 02:44:23 +0000

You know, I said the exact same thing:”Who knows what’s going to happen when you die”
We all assume it’s peaceful and pretty *or* a fiery pit of something unpleasant.
Nice to know I’m not the only one who has those thoughts!
Happy birthday Ashley!

By: SweetBird

SweetBird — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 01:02:20 +0000

Happy 30th to you, lady. Oddly, I’m having more trouble with 31 than I did with 30. You’ll have to let us know how you feel when you’re one more year in. I have never felt my mortality more than I have this last year.

This entry made me tear up. At a rough as shit time in my life I know that I can always come read your blog and remind myself to simplify, to find joy in little things and to not give up on my dream to have a lovely tattooed husband, some land and some kids.

Keep on writing.