I celebrated my golden birthday on Tuesday. 20 on the 20th. Entered a whole new decade. Tonight at dinner, my mom semi-jokingly told me that the twenties lead to cellulite, babies, and (for her, at least) premature gray hair. What a healthy ripening awaits me in the next ten years...
Author Charles Dudley Warner once wrote, "There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it." So here I am: embarking on a new decade of life and on an adventure into Africa. Despite my mother's warnings about living in the twenties as well as recent reports that a few friends in Tanzania have broken out in facial rashes, I can think of no better word to describe my anticipation than absolute d e l i g h t.
Flights booked. Passport filled with visas. Insurance cards are a go. Prescriptions dropped off (in the morning). 8 days to go...
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can we have cellulite together?
Wow! And to think your Cousin Kim and I were the first to take you to the zoo!!! Now you are heading off to see where most of those animals actually came from!!! Ya wanna talk perspective.....last night we entered a new stage of life as well...we had sixty 5th graders in our front yard to celebrate graduating Elementary School and the beginning of MIDDLE SCHOOL!!! Geeeeeez, we are old! Stay safe...and no kissin anyone with a facial rash, no matter how much oxy-clean they claim to have used! HA! HA!
-Elvis
ahhhh i hope you had a great birthday and are so ready for africa!!! i am going to south africa (the homeland) in july but i'll just miss you on that lovely continent. can't wait to stay updated on this blog. miss you!!!
aw so fun! i can't wait to hear all about it. i miss you already!!
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