Day 119

Tomorrow I am off to Detroit for a trade show. Up and out by 6am for an 11 am meeting at the venue. Today I was supposed to have had my Sirius radio installed in my car at the dealership. As usual with car dealers, they waited until yesterday to tell me that the "antennas are back-ordered" 2 weeks, so my two trips to Michigan in the next 7 days with be without satellite radio. Why is it that everytime car dealers make promises, they cannot keep them? They told me "no problem" when I set this appointment last week when I got the car and when I called them to confirm, they weren't ready. Oh well. Should be the worst thing that happens to me. So I have to wait a couple of weeks.

Spending the last two days of my 20's in Detroit for work is a reminder that indeed my days of doing what I want when I want to are long over. I always feel as though I am not that far removed from college, when in fact is was 8 years ago that I graduated from KU. Those days are long gone. I have gone back to Lawrence for basketball games every year since I left and it wasn't until my trip there last February when I finally felt old. I always say now that I know that I am getting old when someone tells me they were born in 1985 or later. When I can clearly remember what I was doing that year, I am officially old. So I have to work a 9-5 trade show on my 30th b-day. So what. It is my reality at age 30. That is why college doesn't prepare someone like me for the "Real World." Yes - I did get the chance to live on my own, be responsible for bills, managing my money, etc. But the fact is that college is the ultimate 4 year "farewell to the good life" party. Think about this. I was sleeping till noon, partying every night, going to class just enough to get by, and the cycle would repeat. I can see my mom now seething at her computer screen, but she knows its true. We talked about this the other night. I did what I did and I learned from my various mistakes, sometimes having to learn the hard way. But for the most part, I wouldn't change about 90% of what I did. It molded me into what I have become. Do I sound like someone who is excited about turning 30 in 2 days?

We are fast approaching my favorite time of year - March Madness. I absolutely love the NCAA Tournament and the week leading up to Selection Sunday. That first weekend of the tournament is by far the best weekend of the year. 4 days of single elimination college hoops from 11 am to midnight. There is seriously nothing better.

Tomorrow if I get the chance, I will write a blog. But if for some reason I can't, just wanted to let you all know that Leah has requested that she write the blog on my birthday. So be on the lookout for that entry.

Song of the Day: "To Live and Die in L.A." by 2Pac