” The most wasted of days is one without laughter” EE Cummings
As my 28th birthday looms in just two more sleeps I can’t help but reflect on my 27th year. Turning 27 I knew it would be a big year, a good friend had told me that 27 was a big year of shift. At that point I couldn’t quite have understood just how much that would rain true. Yes moving countries was a big physical shift but I have to admit the emotional maturity that I have gained this year is much bigger, there a things that I feel I can take on and deal with that a year ago would have absolutely shattered me.
Now that I am settled in London and staring down the barrel to 28, I couldn’t be more excited and happy for the future. I often catch myself smiling like a 12 year old staring at their crush in the playground. I have created everything I have ever and a lot that I didn’t even know I wanted, yes there is one little thing that I am still working on (being a valentines baby I get reminded of this one every year) but its all falling into place and I absolutely trust in what is meant to happen will happen.
So what have I been up to? Well I went on a fabulous trip abroad to Rome to celebrate a good friends birthday. The weekend was full of laughter, food, wine, shopping and yes bird poo…why you ask? Well I have no bloody idea but I am going to put it down to that I have some amazing luck coming my way.
It was Sunday afternoon and the sun was shining in beautiful Rome, I had just finished consuming another delicious scoop of gelato and we were carelessly wandering through the cobbled streets taking in the the beauty all around us. Little did I know that just above us was a feathery little fella scoping out his next target….. my eye!
“Oh wow look up at all those pigeons flying over” Mel said unaware of what was about to follow this simple statement. “Wow thats cool” I replied, not really a bird fan myself but I can appreciate the art of flight. Suddenly I felt a rain drop like wetness hit my open eye. “HMMMMM thats odd there are no clouds in the sky” I thought to myself.. WAIT A MINUTE ” DO I HAVE SHIT ON MY EYE????” I calmly but loudly turned and asked Mel.
What followed as you can imagine was a fit of laughter from both my friends and myself. What made the situation even more entertaining was that we had been searching for a bathroom for at least the last 15 minutes, this caused for quite a restriction in movement for a good 3 minutes whilst we all composed ourselves. When finally the girls could stand upright again and begin searching for a tissue I had begun to get seriously concerned that I would be walking into work on Monday with pink eye…. yes bird pink eye! I can just see how that explanation would have gone ” Elly what happened to your eye?” ” Oh just a little bird stink eye thats all”.
So as I do, I have to think what does this symbolise? I have come up with a few ideas:
-Do I have to open my eyes wide and take in everything around me to enjoy all I have surrounded myself with?
– Look up because you never know what could be above you
– Always wear protective eyewear around birds in Rome
– Even a shitty situation can be made better by laughter
I think I’m just going to go with a bloody good story for the grand kids (or just my brothers because I believe both of them said ” that would only happen to you Elly” whilst in fits of laughter).
All in all I am really excited for 28 and the year that is ahead. I cannot wait to see what the year of “achievement” (according to numerology) brings!
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