It’s my 30th birthday on Thursday; I’ve mentioned it a lot on Twitter, probably too much, but if you don’t follow me over there you might not know that your girl is soon to be leaving her twenties behind and opening up the next chapter of her life.

30…how do I feel about turning 30? Meh, shit happens. I guess I don’t have a choice and I’m always told I look a lot younger than my age so as long as people think I’m younger, I’ll be happy.

So here’s a few things that have happened over the last 30 years…

1. I was born 12th January 1987
2. My brother made an appearance and I was (so I’m told) made up
3. I started nursery
4. I was a camel in my nativity
5. My Mum, brother and I moved in with my Nan and Grandad
6. I went to my first Liverpool football match
7. I got my first dog, a Yorkshire Terrier named Deano
8. I started majorettes
9. I had my tonsils out
10. In Year 6 we did a pantomime and I played Aladdin 
11. Went abroad for the first time, to Spain. I wrote about it here
12. My Pops came into our lives
13. I had an operation on my hip that changed my life completely
14. I was sat boy/girl in English class and met my best friend, John
15. I spent more time going back and fourth to hospitals than anything else
16. I somehow managed to pass all my GCSE’s despite missing a lot of school due to health issues
17. I started working at my old Primary School
18. Mum and Pops got married (I was technically 19 but don’t tell anyone)
19. I passed my driving test
20. I finally received a diagnosis of EDS (this happened when I was 19 too)
21. I went to Paris
22. I started my undergraduate degree 
23. My world fell apart when I lost my Nan and Grandad
24. I had an Alice in Wonderland themed birthday party
25. I met my boyfriend, Ian
26. I graduated with a BA and MA in English (combining these)
27. My little sunshine, my nephew, Kaine, was born
28. After living up north for 28 years, I moved to the East Midlands
29. I changed my surname – but lots happened last year, I wrote about it here
30. Lots of exciting things to come…