reminiscing.

around this time of year {being the day before my birthday that is} i stop to think about my life.  

here are a few of the highlights:

* learning to do the moonwalk from my 16 year old sister when i was 6.

* living with a bunch of friends in a giant haunted house without adults in my teen years. 

* surviving multiple tornados, earthquakes, and getting struck by lightning.
* having an up-close encounter with a black bear in the wild whilst backpacking.
* every single amazing concert i went to.
* getting my first tattoo.

{i love how dannon's art vest matched my shoulder tattoo.}

* sneaking away from my class to explore on my own during our senior class trip to NY city.

* watching a meteor shower from a mesa in the middle of the grand canyon.

* almost dying on the edge of a cliff in the grand canyon.

* riding in the back of a police car all the way to the jail cell {yup}.

* the four times i ventured out in public in my underwear {just another tuesday in SF}.

{oh you know, just me and some friends waiting for the BART in our undies.}

* stopping a kid from committing suicide.
* getting into a fist fight with some guy who was rudely hitting on me... and winning {be proud dad!}.
* the night i bought my one-way ticket to san francisco.
* totally starting life over from scratch in san francisco as an independent woman.
* taking care of the elephants!

yeah, there have been extremely high highs and extremely low lows
and even extremely mediocre mediocres, but all in all, it's been an amazing past 29 years!