30

As the sun set on my last day of my 29th year last night, I couldn’t help but laugh at the irony.

Today, I woke up 30. After a 29th year that was nothing short of messy and hard and ugly and….bad. Just simply bad.

I’m big on symbolism and metaphors and all that. I love the poetry of starting over, of beginning again, of waking up with a clean slate.

And what better chance do we have to start anew than entering an entire new decade?

This morning I sit here laughing at the irony, as we sit and brace for a literal hurricane to come slamming into us.

Yup, that’s right. We’re looking at you, Beryl.

It made landfall as a hurricane early this morning, and my town in East Texas is bracing to take a direct hit from it later this afternoon. So far there are something like a million people without power as of 7am, and I’m sure that as the day goes on, that number increases exponentially.

A few weeks ago we got absolutely destroyed with just “regular” storms, so I can only what our town looks like after a hurricane/tropical storm comes beryling through. (Hah, see what I did there?)

I’m supposed to have therapy tonight, as it is still a Monday night. I’m still completely down to go, assuming the weather isn’t insane and it’s safe to drive, but I’m expecting she’ll want to cancel. Which sucks. But it is my birthday, and if I have to spend it hunkering down with my husband instead…well, I know he won’t be upset about that.

My mom is a home health therapist and is going out to work today. She’s worried about it, obviously, but we’re hoping she can be done with her day before the storm really moves into our area.

Today begins 30.

Today, we brace for a hurricane.

We’re starting the first day of my 30th year, a brand new decade, a completely fresh start and clean state….by preparing for an emergency.

Oh, if you can’t just burst out laughing in the face of irony….

Is this foreshadowing of what I can expect of my year going forward?

Honestly…with the trajectory of how things have been going in my life this year…it would only make sense.