Home after hanging out with my mom, great aunt, wifey and good friend. Had a nice dinner and got a gorgeous new outfit for our fancy birthday dinner on Saturday. As the night winds down I’m starting to think of all the things that I did at 29  

1. Stopped working at GameStop
2. Lost two great cats.
3. Got new cat.
4. Went through some job hard times and survived thanks to my wifey.
5. Got published!
6. Did a lot of interviews and story features and whatnot.
7. Signed a contract for two more books.
8. Started thinking about a 5 year future plan that involves nothing but writing and crafts and actually started believing that it could happen.
9. Met J. Michael Tatum and died a happy fangirl death.
10. Got more commissions than I’ve ever gotten before on woodburning and clocks.
11. Finally can get married to my wifey legally. 
12. Had wifey’s dad introduce me as her partner for the first time.
13. Saw a lot of geeky movies, played more video games, got way more confident about cosplay, went to more conventions. 
14. Hung out with great friends and got closer to them, made some great new ones.
15. Got an artist I really look up to to do the cover to our book.
16. Got new kittens.

I think that’s everything? In a few hours I’ll be 30. I actually feel a bit more grown up? This whole writing thing and all that, I just… I feel like this is it, that this is going to be my life. 29 led up to it, now 30 can seal the deal