Last Day of 29

This is it. The last day of being in my twenties. Where the hell did they go? College. Boyfriends. Crappy Jobs. I guess some of the best stuff that came out my the past 10 years is my current job, my love of running, vegetarianism, my renewed appreciation for art and living where I live now. It's really hard to think back to where I was a third of my life ago. Part of me wishes I could go back, while the seasoned, more intelligent, 'older' part of me is glad to be here now and wouldn't trade a second shot at college life for anything.

I'm trying to look on the bright side of this age thing - there is nothing I can do to prevent it anyway. I'm just wondering if my s.o. put together a party for me or not - and if he thought ahead enough to not have to go to class tomorrow night so we can celebrate it. Either way, I'll make sure that I enjoy it. That is one of those things that I have discovered - that you truly are the one that is in charge of your life and if you hand the reigns to someone else or take your eyes off the road for too long you are going to miss opportunities.

I've got to get cracking on my list of things I want to do. I need to find a way to get myself away from the TV and into making things. It just has to be a conscious effort on my part until it becomes a habit. Tonight I have made plans to run and to figure out how to put together the grey wrap skirt and maybe knit a little. That is part of why I am blogging on my lunch hour instead of my normal morning/evening time slot. This way, if I get into the sewing and don't want to take a break I don't have to. But I will definitely be running out on the VASA trail - it is gorgeous today and that is the best option for being out in the woods and getting some exercise at the same time and it's great training for the Harvest Stompede 7 Miler that is 2 weeks out.

I am going to begin posting images of the projects I am working on and the status of them from day to day. That will help keep me from blabbing about the same shit all the time, I hope. I've realized that a lot of my projects are clothing related. I really like making things to wear and things that are utilitarian, but beautiful and well designed. I've got so many ideas for things to sew but I sometimes really hate sewing, that is why I knit too, but sometimes that gets dull. I guess I enjoy having a larger skill set so that I can create lots of different things and keep mixing it up and combining skills for projects so I don't get bored. It's interesting to me though, how much I like clothes that I make for myself compared to the clothes that I see in the stores. There is very little that I like and don't buy many things at the mainstream stores. I'm really working on my sewing skills so I can buy things and repurpose them and make cooler one-of-a-kind pieces. I think that is going to be one of my goals for the next year - not buying anything that is not essential and stuff that I would be able to make.