Some big 'thank you's to begin with today.

My lovely class for my wonderful 'surprise' birthday party and to their parents who helped to organise it. To my lovely mum, Dan and Claire for their time, effort and everything else. To lovely Nik, for my beautiful paintings and his high tolerance level - and to anyone else who made the effort to help me across the border into full blown adulthood this weekend. You know who you are if you did - thank you.

So here we are at 30. I had built it up into something far greater than it is I think. There have been times this weekend when I have looked around me and smiled at what I have. Far too much time is spent dwelling on the things I don't have. The typical looking back and wondering what I have done with the last thirty years. The unfullfilled ambitions and all that. Everyone does it, I know. I have looked at the people who have been around and realised how lucky I am that they are in my life. There seems to be a little more sunshine in my thoughts today - so what if that doesn't last? - it is pretty fine right now :)