The Christianville Spirit: Turning 30 Soon

The Christianville Spirit

The Spirit that Makes You Wonder

July 19th, 2017-TCS # 553

Oi, My Readers! Oi, by the way is The Greeting for Hello in Portuguese spoken in both Portugal and Brazil. Although, For The Record, Portugal is The Original Portuguese. Anyway, I know it might to weird to think about Right Now, Especially after Recovering from The Conference, but I am going to be turning 30 Years Old in a Few Weeks.  Your Birthday is August 11th, which is like 3 Weeks Away, People would say. “Always be prepared!”, My Grandma Honey will tell you. As She has a Trait of Planning for Things Far in Advance. But, It is a Great Trait to have because again as My Grandma Honey will tell you. “You never Know!” “You don’t even Knoooow!”, My Brother would also say. I miss My Brother! Anyway, so What does Turning 30 Years Old mean to Me? Well, Turning a Big Age is always a Big Deal to Me whether it is 20, 30, “The Big 4-O”, or 50 “Over The Hill”, as I was taught in School. The First Thought that comes is that Most People should be Settled or Ready to Settle Down. Should be Married, even though The Average Marriage Age is getting higher as The Generations go on. It used to be 26.9 and It probably is about 30, Some say 36. But, For Me, that is too late! In Most of The Romantic Comedies that I watch, It is Lame to be single above 30, but perhaps that is More spoken on The Women’s Side than Man’s Side, but, I digress. In My Mind and In The Movies, People would say “Why do You want to be Tied Down, Settled, and Married?! There are so Many Adventures and Dumb Things to try before that!” Well, In My Head, I would believe that The Adventure begins when You get Married. For Me, after I get Married, Me and My Future Wife will go on a Ton of Adventures in My Favorite Thing to do, Travel. Yes, I plan to Travel all over The World, See Places, and Do what I do best, Study the Details of a Country. I have always wanted to ask a Middle Easterner about Their Point of View of The World, Ask a Thai Person why The Buddhists don’t like it if You point your Feet at Someone Else or at Buddha Himself, They are offended. I would love to know Why East Asians eat Dog (Although I’m not sure that I want to know the Answer to that!) , and Of Course, Feel The Excitement of crossing a Border in Europe (via The Schengen Agreement) and Not have to Stop, as I have said before Europe Fascinates Me! I would Love to see all The Pretty Mountains of The Alps in France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, and Germany, Among Many Other Places. I Love to Travel and Research Things! I want to go out and Marvel at The Beauty of The World! This is My Greatest Gift I would ask for because I don’t speak The Love Language of Traditional Gifts. Time to fill me up a Travel Account and see the World! 

So, What else makes me Think of Being 30? To be Honest, When I first heard of Someone being 30, It was PTLSer Stacy at The First PTLS Conference. At the Time, without offending Stacy herself, I thought “Man, 30 is Old! You must be Married, Have a Job, and (At least at that time) Have Kids”. In a Way, I still think that of 30 Years Old. You must be Married, Have a Job (like 9 to 5 Job), and Have Kids, or at least Start having Kids. Perhaps that is what My Old-Fashioned-Romantic- Comedy-Watching-Mind is saying that.  I don’t see Myself as being almost 30, I kind of Struggle with it (I guess Grandma Honey was right, “Always Be Prepared!”) because I feel like I am functioning as a 20 Year Old. With PTLS, We tend to function at about half our actual age so With that said, I delete Ten Years from My Actual Age to get My “Functional Age”. So, I guess Strippers and Lots of Beers is NOT going to happen! All in all, What are Your Thought on Turning 30?

Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. Birthdays are Important! Celebrate Each One!