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30th

Thank you everyone for your birthday wishes. I had an amazing day. In the past couple years I haven't really felt all that great on my birthday, but this year I was really feeling the love. You guys were a huge part of that. Thank you so much.

Recently I've been thinking about my 30th birthday and how I should celebrate it. I want to really do it up. So, I've decided to spend the month of March the year of my 30th birthday somewhere else. Like, take the month off from work, get on a plane and spend the month galavanting around somewhere I've never been before. I want to go alone for at least part of the trip, but perhaps meet up with people for a week or something, meet some people who live there that I haven't yet met in real life. I think it will be great fun. I'm afraid that if I don't do this now, I'll never have the chance. Once I get married and have kids, there'll be no taking a month off from anything and I don't want to wait until I'm old to get to do the things I want to do. Plus, I feel like if I start saving money and preparing now, I'll really be able to do this right.

The problem is where. I haven't quite gotten that down yet. The short list is:

1. Japan
2. India
3. Australia/New Zealand
4. Ireland/Scotland

Iceland and Peru were on there, but were taken off. Iceland, because Carolyn's been there and said that it really wasn't a month long kind of place to visit; that you could probably do it happily in a week. Peru was taken off because of the nature of the trip. I want to go alone, or alone for at least part of the trip. I have no Spanish whatsoever, and having no way of communicating would not be fun if I'm trying to get around by myself. Now I could pick Spanish up pretty quickly, I mean I do live in NY and it's incredibly prevalent and useful, but I'm not so into it. But I have a couple years of Japanese under my belt and even though I haven't taken classes in awhile, I think two years of practice will be enough to get me started if I decide on Japan. I don't know any Hindi, so India will be a little tougher, but English is used so much there that I don't think it will be that bad. And of course, Ireland/Scotland and Australia/New Zealand are English-speaking so that's not a problem at all.

The problem with deciding is that I want to go to all of these places. I love Japan and really, really want to go there. But I've been obsessed with India since I was in high school. I love Australia and have always wanted to go to Ayer's Rock. Ireland/Scotland intrigues me, but it's almost off my list for being too tame. I want exciting. I want life changing. I want to turn 30 while having the best time of my life.

What do you think? Where should I go? Anyone want to meet up with me at some point? Can you think of somewhere I should go within one of those places?

Happy Birthday to Me!

Here's to the end of one year and the beginning of a new one. Hey, hey 28!

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