today is the last day of my twenties. tomorrow is the first day of the rest of my life. go ahead and flip on your greenday cd and we'll hit a few highlights of the decade:

• graduating from college.


• getting my first "real" job.


• quitting my first "real" job (and several others thereafter).


• living with some of my best friends.


• still having those friends.


• never moving outside the tarrant county line, despite eight different addresses.


• making strong headway on an odd lifetime goal.


• seeing the grand canyon.


• figuring out what some of my passions are.


• learning what some of my passions are not.


• owning my own business.


• getting a tax refund. once.


• drooling over, saving for, and purchasing my guitar.


• visiting spain.


• driving through lots of america.


• finding love.

if i had to sum up the decade, i'd say that it's been a long search for who i am and what the heck i should be doing. it's been a lot of trial and error. so, here i am at the end. i can proudly say that i still don't know what color my parachute is and, frankly, i've decided i don't really care. even in the "not knowing," my life has moved forward under the providence of God's care. and with that i am satisfied. a little restless sometimes, but satisfied.

come on thirties, i'm ready.