Recklessly Thirty

Have you ever checked your credit score?  Have you ever decided to stay in on a Saturday night with a married couple and their kid? Is this what happens as we get older? Saturday night my friend and I both decided to stay in and hang out with six year olds and she asks me, "What is 35 going to be like?"  I could only laugh. We're on the last leg of our twenties. In the final stretch now! In the last few years I have really found myself making the "grown up" decisions to stay in on weekends, only have one glass of wine on a Friday night so my entire weekend isn't ruined by a massive hangover, or one of my faves, offering to watch the children of my coupled up friends so they can get out for a bit. That doesn't mean I haven't done  anything  in the last few years. I still enjoy a good night out of the house with my friends, having too many drinks, and not worrying about going home to a crying baby! Ahh, the life of a single twenty som...

With Thanksgiving approaching, it's very cliché for people to rattle off the top things that they're grateful for. I however, try to steer clear of that bandwagon. I would prefer to be thankful for what I have on a daily basis. Which leads me to the way I felt while driving to work Thursday morning. Living in middle Tennessee gives me a great chance to breathe in the beauty that is the south, with the mountains surrounding the bowl of the greater Nashville area. After seeing all the pictures and Facebook posts of friends and family up north in the snow, I really appreciated the sunshine in my eyes during my early commute. Weaving between cars, with my heat on high, I caught myself smiling at the last colors of fall coming and going. I really noticed the green, burgundy, bright and deep oranges, and browns that were more than likely the last we'll see of the year! It makes me laugh to think about the fact that I smiled at such a beauty, but I felt as if with all the ugly I...

I have come to learn throughout my 20's, especially as a female, that friends will come and go. It's not like in high school when "The Sexy 6" and I would hang out every weekend and those were my girls! BFF's right? A few of us grew up and apart. Such is life. A couple, I was in their weddings. However, throughout the last 8 years, I have met, become friends with, and cut ties with many, many new people. It's the ones that you let into your life, the ones you call your best friends, the ones you tell everything to, the ones you fight with like a sister, that you have trouble letting go of.  I never thought that a handful of these ladies, wouldn't be standing by my side today! I have this friend, she and I have been close for over 5 years now. We used to do everything together. She was like a sister to me. Mostly because we fought like sisters because we were so similar in personality. We have gone quite some time on two or three different occasions now tha...