31.  31 and better than ever!

 

Yep, I’m pretty sure this is gonna be one of my best years ever.  Life is just so great right now.  Work is good.  Play is good.  Sun is shining.  Learning how to surf, gonna play a little more volleyball, gonna put a couple more miles on the bikes.  Getting nominated for random awards at work – all due to the heavy load I took on to get that system (successfully) fielded out in Hawaii.  More confident than ever.  And 31 is great.  I remember turning 30 and feeling all boo hoo about “getting old” and bs like that.  Oh, so sad – poor old me – gone are the 20’s.  But that was all make believe in the first place, and 30 turned out to be just fine and just kept getting better.  Now it’s 31 and I’m super stoked.  Sure, the 20’s were great.  They were great for that time, but now I’ve got all that experience and life isn’t slowing down at all.  Probably the only thing I’ve lost is that I don’t heal quite as fast as I used to, but I still heal from injuries just fine.  But what I’ve gained along the way is a sort of extra poise.  Un petit je ne sais quoi, so to say.  Just a more refined version of myself, I guess.  Gave myself “The Essential Sly & the Family Stone” for my birthday – Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again).

 

Birthday

 

Woke up and got breakfast – pancakes, bacon and eggs – from my favorite diner, the Old Townhouse Restaurant.

Morning surf session right here in OB.  The sun was shining and the water was warm, so I didn’t even need a wetsuit!

Hung out at the beach and watched a beach volleyball tournament – mmmmmm, women’s beach volleyball.

Did a little backyard gardening – the hibiscus are getting huge – just planted almost 3 years ago.

Went for a nice hour and a half bike ride on the La Jolla – PB loop.  Happy happy beach ride in the sunshine.

Rack of ribs for dinner at Phil’s BBQ – oh, so good…

Wrote a little bloggy and read a little Fountainhead.

Appointed.