A life where 4/20 has no meaning!

Sorry to anyone out there who's birthday is today, if I know you, and I knew it was your birthday, it would have meaning! Instead of skipping class/work/life to hang out in my yard like a ne'er do well, I am here sitting at my desk, after being at work for 7.5 hours so far. (Kind of still like a ne'er do well, blogging instead of invoicing.) But even still, it's a big change from the 22 year old Julie of my past. Which makes me think about all the versions of oneself one encounters throughout their life journey. I have gone from a long dress wearing, club joining, church going kid, to a cargo pant wearing, dread lock having, keg beer swilling, political view finding, insecure 20 something, to a liberal, outgoing, family loving, keg drinking, secure in myself enough to not over think every last thing 30 something. It makes me wonder what the 40's will bring. I understand why people say the 30's are where you really find yourself, and where you finally feel comfortable in your own skin. I hope this version on me, but with a bigger bank roll, sticks around long term! When do you make the transformation from comfortable and cool to crotchety and too secure so now you are know it all? (Don't deny it old people, you seem to think you have all the answers, even though what those answers are differ between each of you!) That's a journey I am not looking forward to now, but I wonder if I will like it when it comes. It's been a weird week, I have been faced with the question of mortality so many times in the last 36 hours. The Julie of her 20's was scared to death to even contemplate what it meant to be human. (SHUT UP, I know I was a philosophy major, I have always been big on facing my fears head on.) But, this weird, and brand new 30's Julie doesn't seem to panic as much. I mean, I still freak when financial crisis occur, but those never happened in my 20's either. But I don't spend as much time crying (yes, actually crying) over a world that will one day not know me. (That's probably why I take SO many pictures of myself.) Tangent loving crazy lady say what? Where was I? Oh yes, it's 4/20, I am not stoned, I am at work, and I am fine with it. Hope everyone else is happy with their decisions de jour as well, whatever they may be.