I've officially passed my six-month mark for the big Dirty Thirty. I have 25 weeks and 6 days left in my twenties, and I'm not sure how I feel about it. When I was a teenager, the Ouija board told me that I would be married by the time I hit 25. It's actually a good thing I didn't because I was still discovering who I was and felt pretty lost in my life.
A few months before my 25th birthday I started my current occupation at Heather Moore Jewelry. Little did I know that my 'office assistant' position would turn into one that would have me jet-setting across the country for years. I loved my job, and I still do. Finding that component put a settling feeling in me and I was really happy with what I had going on.
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes Jaeda with the baby carriage.
I found my love when I turned 27... my Ouija board was a lying son-of-a-bitch. The thing with finding your love, the one you're going to marry, is that you're not stressed about it. I'm happy knowing that we will get married when the time is right. I'm not going anywhere, he's not going anywhere. But what if your biological clock is ticking?
To say I have had the baby fever since I was 25 is an understatement. My friends get a kick out of knowing when I'll be around a child. "Jaeda, don't steal the baby!" The thing is, I'm taking paths right now in my life that I know I'll be happy with and won't regret. There are things that you need to get out of your system, and with my heavy travel I will be able to look back one day and say "Yeah, I was a jet setter and got paid for it."
But when you start putting numbers (age) in your path, it puts some pressure on you. There are so many things that I thought I would have done by the time I turned 30. But, there are also so many things I HAVE done that never crossed my mind when I was mentally planning this out like every other girl in the world. Being surrounded by people on Facebook who are getting married and having children probably puts more pressure on me than I would like, but this is where we are today with society. Some people have a few more obstacles to overcome before they move on to the next chapter, and you just have to trust that it's going to be a really gripping, can't-put-it-down one.
Am I freaking out about my age? Sort of (yeah). I should probably just kiss my love (who is nine years older than me) and shut the hell up.
