Almost 30

July 14th, 2011 | Posted by acidicice

My 30th birthday is sneaking up on me. I think I have made peace with the fact that I will no longer be in my twenties shortly after the beginning of next month. O.o – OMW. Maybe not. Typing that has sort of let it hit home a little. Something else should distract me soon and I won’t freak out about it anymore.

 

I’m not very good at requesting gifts for my birthday. I suck at thinking of things I want. I thought about my big ticket item a bit though and suggested to Rudi that he may like to buy it. I want a HD media player with a 2 TB drive. My colleague that sits next to me got one for father’s day and it isn’t very expensive, considering what you’re getting. My previous media player was also a birthday gift. When I requested it then, Rudi didn’t quite understand what it was, but trusted me and bought it for me. He couldn’t be happier. It has brought us many hours of entertainment and when I asked for this one, he didn’t ask any questions. It is a gift for me, but it will serve us all well. My old media player doesn’t play all file formats and doesn’t play the new HD (.mkv) files at all. It is also only 320 GB and although I thought that was a lot before, I have discovered it is not. I will pass the old media player on to Babyice and make sure there are fun things for him to watch when he is more interested in TV.

 

I also have my heart set on a specific cake for my birthday. It’s all The Cupcake Lady‘s fault, really. She made an AMAZING cake for a baby shower. I simply MUST have one. I don’t feel comfortable stealing pictures from her blog (even with a credit), so please toddle over here and have a look. Now pick your jaw up off the floor. I’m sure you understand now why I so badly want one. I want to twist it to my own tastes though, to make a unique cake, especially for me and my birthday. I think I may have found someone to bake the cake for me. She likes the idea and we have discussed more or less what I would like and I’m really excited about the prospect of getting a dream cake for my birthday. I’m hoping it won’t hurt my pocket too much though! I was willing to attempt the baking myself, because colouring layers isn’t difficult, but I don’t have baking tins at all. I have requested that my grandmother buy me nice baking tins for my birthday. Since Babyice’s birthday last year I promised myself I would practice baking so that I could bake his birthday cupcakes (not ambitious enough for the cakes just yet). I don’t want to have to rely on anyone else to do it. I am also not ashamed to use pre-mix (after much assurance from my peers). This weekend past I baked some Barney cupcakes:

 

Barney cupcakes

 
 
They were dead easy to make and seem pretty flop proof. I wasn’t fond of the icing I got with this one though. It’s almost like a glaze, you only add water to the icing and spoon it over the cupcakes. The colour of the icing is lovely, but it doesn’t taste wonderful and it’s very messy to “spoon” over the cupcakes. So I think I’ll buy myself an icing bag and start practising to pipe icing properly. I’ll also have to practice getting the icing consistency right…I’d had cakes and decorations sliding around before because of “runny” icing (which didn’t look runny at all in the bowl!).
 
 
 
That is all I have thought of that I really want for my birthday. I really don’t know what to do about a gathering or “party”. I don’t have the money to spend on a lavish party right now (or anything really)…I was *thinking* I might invite people from Twitter/Blogland for drinks somewhere. It is a milestone birthday and I would like to spend it with some friends and celebrate in some way. I feel bad that I can’t really provide anything though…which is why I’ve been leaning towards not doing anything at all.
 
 
It has also been ages since we’ve actually seen anyone from Twitter. We still get invited sometimes (a lot less than we used to), but often we aren’t able to make it because it is in the evening when we have to bath Babyice and put him to bed. Getting a babysitter is really difficult. I don’t trust just anyone and don’t want to abuse the kindess of those that offer. Leebeesa babysits for us sometimes. She is really great with Babyice. He has so much fun with her and I trust her to look after him, but she does it out of the goodness of her heart and I refuse to make her do it all the time so we can go out ‘jolling’ (if that is what you would call it). I reckon people don’t invite us much anymore because we often don’t come. So I’m hoping if I invite them somewhere for my 30th that they will come and celebrate with me.
 
 
I must make a point of writing a goodbye blogpost to my twenties. They have been incredibly good to me and have shaped me into the adult that I am now, bad times and all. I hope I can do them justice. They deserve it.
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6 Responses to “Almost 30”

  1. cath says:
    July 14, 2011 at 12:19

    30 aint that scary. trust me. 30 is in fact, liberating. Promise. And I’m already 31…x

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  2. blackhuff says:
    July 14, 2011 at 12:40

    What an awesome idea of writing a “goodbye” post to your twenties.
    I am happy that you found someone who will make a cake for your birthday.
    I am sure the people will pitch when you invite them. I’m also sure they know why you and Rudi can’t make it when they invite you two.
    My birthday is one day before yours and I too don’t have the money to do anything, so me and hubby is leaving the kids with his sister and just spending the evening at home, just the two of us.

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  3. Louisa says:
    July 15, 2011 at 06:48

    I agree with Cath, 30 is not scary at all. I hope that you get to kick your heels up a bit for your big day. Why not invite people somewhere to come and have a drunk with you and feed them Barney cupcakes? Anyhoo, the people that really matter just want to spend the day with you – they don’t expect you to wow them with a gala of some sorts.

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  4. alidaonline says:
    July 15, 2011 at 08:07

    30 isn’t my favourite age I’ll admit. I loved being “in-my-twenties” but we all get older so I’m dealing with it :)

    I hope your 30th is just perfect.

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  5. cassey says:
    July 15, 2011 at 21:48

    Hmmm how about you have a bring and share for your birthday? Most people bring something with them when invited over for some tea and birthday cake, so it’s not unusual. And you’ll get to have fun and do something nice for your birthday.

    Hope you have notes on dealing with turning 30, when I get there I’d like to borrow them :0

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  6. Angel says:
    July 19, 2011 at 09:12

    30 is nothing to be afraid of, I’m fast heading for 40!

    OMG!!!

    :P

    Going out to a restaurant type thing with people covering their own costs is perfectly acceptable IMHO!

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