Golden

I've been looking forward to turning twenty two on the twenty second of August for as long as I can remember. I don't know why, but turning the age of your birth-date seemed pretty cool to me, perhaps that's why its called the "golden" one huh? I guess it was sort of golden turning a year older on the plane ride home for the first time and seeing the Northern lights right before landing. Though, I am quite tired and overwhelmed with the quick transition of being back in Edmonton.

I mean, I felt ready to come home before even leaving New York, and I honestly didn't mind the delay I had on the plane ride back, but my mind feels bombarded with so many people, places, and issues going on in my ahead right now. Maybe its jet lag, or I'm getting a bit delirious from coming back to so many surprises, but I'm slightly not at ease with being home. And its for this reason that I don't feel I'm turning another year older today (that is until I renewed my drivers license and finally replaced the photo of my fifteen year old self, woot! plus finding out that I actually grew taller over the past  6 1/2 years yay?!).

My mind was so preoccupied that I had even forgotten a year long commitment I had made on my twenty first birthday had ended. There's just so much going on and I wish I got to appreciate today more as I do previous birthdays. I actually have no plans, nothing to look forward to, and a couple of things are still up in the air for the next few days.

Its a good thing that God made birthdays to last a whole year, and not just one day, so that I have the next 365 days to rejoice over my twenty second and make it as memorable as every other age I have lived through. 

Happy Golden Year to me.