• Tomorrow I turn 28. What a nondescript age. I feel old. I feel young. 28 feels like vanilla milkshake.
• Last week I started yoga. This week I started drinking tequila. I’m hoping the two cancel each other out.
• I found a new pottery studio that does wheel work and sculpting. I was amazed to find that working with clay is like riding a bike – once you have the fundamentals down you never quite forget how to do it.
• Nothing beats crisp winter days in Cape Town.
• My shared birthday party with Joe at Kink was a blast. I’m always blown away when people I least expect to come, show up.
• I hereby declare November as official baby-making month. The number of birthdays in July is overwhelming. Note to self: be extra careful.
• I’m learning to be selfish with my time. It’s taking time.
• Soon my blog will have a new theme so watch this space.

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Yay! I am having a spectacularly good day. It’s amazing what happens when you admit to being missy and get on with it.

My highlights for today:

• Ordering my first MacBook. Shawn Jooste you are my hero!
• Hearing that Parri landed a ginormous contract! Holiday in Italy here we come.
• Being invited to the PICA awards on Friday by the lovely Simone Puterman. Black tie baby.
• One of my best friends, Brandon, popped in for a random coffee date. It’s always good to catch up.
• Parri brining me yummy lunch.
• I’m excited about going to the Kink launch party tonight.

For one day, that’s not bad going

How sweet is this poem that I got from FeistyFemale for my bday?

To the PRO

Happy birthday PR Superstar!
27!!! You have come so far.
Passionately exploring Web 2.0
[It’s really a zoo, you know.]

Taking on mobile like a storm
Watching it integrate and take form.
Of course you will impress
At the Rocking the Daisies fest!

You are a complete pro –
A laugh a minute – while on the go.
Despite working at a rapid pace
You always have a smile on your face!

I hope this will be a dazzling year,
Filled with love, fun and little fear.
While life is one ginormous test
Know – you are special and really the best!

All my love
FeistyFemale

I’ve got pre-birthday blues. Bottom line: I DON’T WANT TO GET OLDER! Next thing you know I’m 30 with two kids and a spreading waist, butt and thigh line. (Sorry to all of you who have reached and exceeded 30, I mean no offence, I’m just having a moment.)

When I was in Std6, the matrics looked like middle aged women. At 18, all I wanted to be was 21. At 25 I had a quarter life crises and now….well now I’m just depressed.

There is so much I want to achieve/do before I am 30:

• I want to live in both Turkey and Tuscany for at least 6 months a pop.
• I want to attend a TED talk.
• I want to learn to snow board and I want to have the opportunity to practice till I rock at it.
• I would like to do a refresher course in French. (Will come in handy when I live in Tuscany and want to nip across to France for some croissants.)
• I want to learn to speak conversational Xhosa. It is shocking that I struggle to greet my neighbour in her mother tongue.
• I want to take up sculpting again and I would also like to be able to paint something that I would actually consider hanging in my house.
• I want to apply the Pareto principle to everything I do.
• I want to play more golf, take up mountain biking and be more fit over all. (i.e. I want to look like Giselle Bunchen)
• I want to spend more time with family and friends.
• I would like to do a cooking course and while I am at it, learn more about wine. The former in an attempt to avoid poisoning my future kids, the latter because I too want to smell banana, vanilla, wet dog and burnt almonds when drinking wine and impress my friends while doing it.
• I would love to do a flip over the Cape Peninsula in a helicopter. And not just a 15 minute flip, a loooong one that feels like it lasts for hours.
• I want to fly first class and in a lear jet.
• Believe it or not, I want to meet Oprah.

I’m sure there are a ton of things that I just don’t have the head-space to think of right now, so I will have to add to the list as I go along.

Here’s to my last night of being 26… *sniff*

Last night rocked almost as much as my head does this morning. It’s all worth it though as my 27th bash has turned out to be the best birthday by far.

Thank you to everyone who made it. Thank you for all my gifts. And thank you for making me feel so loved!

Roll on 28.