Daily Dose of Mama: Adoptivus: 30

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Adoptivus: 30

Many people consider their 30th birthday a low-point birthday milestone, but for me, I will always consider it the best birthday of my life.

I turned 30 in Seoul.

I spent the day on a bus tour seeing the sights of a beautiful city, visiting a Korean folk village, enjoying a delicious meal and panoramic views from the top of the tallest tower in Seoul, and shopping in local markets. It was such a delightful day that I barely thought about it actually being my birthday, let alone the end of my 20s (which I was happy to see go anyway..I'm a big girl now, yo).

But Appa, ever the gentleman, carved out a little bit of time during Little Bug's nap for a private birthday celebration. He bought me a sweet piece of cheesecake-cake, and we had a date in the lounge. We talked about the big and small things happening for our family and flirted like high school kids, and I might have eaten all of my cake and about half of his.

It was perfect, and no party or gift will ever be able to top Seoul, Little Bro, and a piece of cheese cake.

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Christine @ 12,450miles April 8, 2012 at 5:43 PM
You're right... this sounds like the most perfect birthday ever. Happy Birthday!
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Annie BApril 8, 2012 at 11:11 PM
Happy Birthday! I didn't mind turning thirty either, for the same reasons you mentioned (well, I wasn't in Seoul, but I know what you mean about your twenties). Now forty, on the other hand...
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