February 9, 2007
30 years old, and approaching 7 years of Marriage Satisfaction
So I had my 30th birthday yesterday. I was more emotional than I had thought I would be. I was thinking, "Okay I"m now thirty, have a great wife, three kids, an almost PhD, and a job I love that pays well, what comes after this." I would have been content doing nothing on my 30th, but I got to do a few fun things. Gideon wanted to go to the Boise State men's basketball game with me and our neighbor Zach. That was a good time, although Gideon was more enthralled with the cheerleaders and decided he wanted to be a 'he' cheerleader.
Lynn made me a yummy German chocolate cake and a thai noodle dinner. I then opened a pretty kicking birthday present from my parents. I'm really skeptical of off-the shelf flying toys, but this mini indoor helicopter really does fly well and is a blast. It fills that flying urge temporarily since I don't have time/money for RC electric sailplanes anymore.
My parents celebrated with me from long-distance by making and decorating a cake in Perkins' style.
The best part of turning thirty has been being married almost 7 years. The chart pretty much sums up how things have been in the marriage department for the past month or so as we approach our 7 year anniversary. Lynn has been part of a Bible study at the Vineyard which has really freed her emotionally/spiritually in ways I hadn't expected but am extremely grateful for.
