Being 30 So Far

Has royally sucked.

And I wish that I was exaggerating when I said that, because for so long I dreaded turning thirty.  I didn't want to be in my fourth decade; I backtracked and acted like I was twenty.  Going out every night, having liquid dinners, etc.

I fought it the best way I knew how, but it still came.

coffee mug my dad got me for my birthday.

We went to New Orleans for my 30th -- that part was fun.  It was what happened the day after that and ever since that day that I don't like.

Sunday the 5th -- the Packers lose in the first round of the playoffs.

Monday the 6th -- Auburn loses the National Championship.

Tuesday the 7th -- I am sick as a dog.

So, see?  What do I really have to love about being thirty so far.  The one highlight that comes to mind is I'm going back splash shopping at the Lowe's this weekend.   That's right bitches; back splashes become amazing fun once you turn thirty.  So do trips to Lowe's.  

I don't know what I was expecting when I turned thirty -- for the wrinkles I have to get worse; for my metabolism to just shut down (which seems like it's done lately); for the whole world to just fall in my favor.  Yeah, definitely that last one.

But it hasn't -- so fourth decade of life, you have a lot to live up to.  Please let's start getting to that tomorrow.

Thirty on Thirty

In case I haven't mentioned it, I turn thirty on Saturday.

I started looking through a lot of posts about people doing thirty things before they turn thirty.  A lot of them are very introspective and things that make the world a much happier place.

And decided I was probably never going to come up with thirty things that I would actually do.

Except on a weekend.  In New Orleans.

So here you have it folks...

My Thirty on Thirty.

1.        Have a banana daiquiri

2.       Get my tattoo.

3.       Get my picture taken with the Hand Grenade Person.

4.       Take the street car to Cooter Browns.

5.       Visit a New Orleans cemetery.

6.       Buy a daisy, put it in the river for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

7.       Go to Tipitinas.

8.       Buy street art at Jackson Square.

9.       Eat chicken at Willie Mae’s.

10.   Get picture with cash register guy at Vieux Carre Pizza.

11.   See New Orleans Brass Band.

12.   Go to WWII museum.

13.   Go to Vaughns.

14.   Go to Ninth Ward.

15.   Get a drink at French 75.

16.   Get a drink at Snake and Jakes.

17.   Have a unique po’boy.

18.   Bowl a strike at Rock N Bowl.

19.   Have an absinthe at the Old Absinthe House.

20.   Have a beignet from a place we haven’t been to yet.

21.   Take ferry to Algiers and have a beer (bonus points if dogs are there and get a picture)

22.   Get a stranger to reply War Eagle.

23.   Buy defend New Orleans shirt at favorite clothing store.

24.   Play a slot machine at Harrahs.

25.   Enjoy snow in New Orleans

26.   Have a prohibition drink at Bar Tonique.

27.   Walk through Louis Armstrong Park

28.   Buy a 2014 Christmas Ornament.

29.   Have a drink at Checkpoint Charlie’s.

30.   Tip a street performer I haven’t seen.

Puppy passed out on the floor of Crown & Anchor in Algiers.