Back in the Day

Today's my birthday, and I'm feeling nostalgic. It's a milestone year and those seem to force you to reassess your life, and wonder whether you're on the right path, and what the future holds.

Today I'm reminiscing about:

• Spending my 16th, 25th and 30th birthday in various Mexico locales
• Summers in New Mexico
• Roswell Country Club cheese sticks, circa 1991
• My mom's Strawberry Birthday Cake
• Pillow forts, backyard camping, making mud pies, and swimming at my Nana & Paw Paw's house
• Bad 80s fashion & Big Cheese Pizza
• Slathering on suntan oil (NO SPF, what skin cancer?)
• Running through sprinklers
• Splashing in gutters after a New Mexico flash flood
• Wonderful memories my husband & I have made
• Sunsets on Alki
• Driving into Seattle the first time
• Summer thunderstorms
• The smell of wet concrete

If you're hitting a major birthday this year, what is taking you back?