Post-Birthday

So. Yesterday was my birthday and today is my first full day at the old/young (depending on your vantage point I suppose) age of 31. I don't feel any older. My metabolism did not stop in the middle of the night like it did when I turned 21 (of course the circumstances are slightly different....I didn't spend all of last night in a bar doing shots of slippery nipples like i did 10 years ago; I had dinner with Doug and Colin then cake with my maternal familia).
But you know, it is wierd. When I turned 30, I FELT older and fatter and dumber and unsuccessful. And I have continued to feel that for the past year. Until today, well yesterday mostly I think. I still kind of feel fat (but that might be because dinner was chicken fingers and fried mushrooms and potato skins and lots of rolls with real butter then I had cake for goodness sake) but I am actually considering becoming one of those people that do something about it (it being the fatness, not everything...let's not get carried away people come on!) instead of staying one of those people who just continually bitch about it.
And today I feel invigorated to take on the world. I am smiling and happy and Colin and I sang most of the way to school. And I talked to my sister almost all the way to work (I miss doing that). And at work, I am contributing (not right now because I am writing this, but overall I am contributing!). And. And. And. I could go on and on. But I think I can sum it up (and most of you know, I truly believe this) with just one word...ATTITUDE. Yep, ATTITUDE.
This is it people. We are here for a short time and it is our job, no our duty, to make the most of it. And do you know how we make the most of it? With our ATTITUDE!!! (for those of you that have heard me say this countless times, please just read it one more time because, as you know, I truly, truly, TRULY believe it!)
I choose how I wake up each day.
And I choose how I react to EVERY situation.
And I CHOOSE to make the most or focus on the worst of every choice/predicament/question/roadblock/opportunity that I am faced with.
It is MY ATTITUDE and it is MY CHOICE.

And I choose to be happy about it.