Is 40 the new 30?

I've been a horrible blogger.  I've thought about writing a new post more times than I can count during the past year.  But, well, I guess life got in the way.  Raising a toddler, working part-time, being a wife, daughter, granddaughter, etc.  The busiest time of my work is over for the year and I'm hoping to get back into updating my blog on a regular basis.

So, I'm starting with the subject of turning 40.  Yes, 40.  The big 4-0.

Turning 30 was not pretty.  I was not in a good place in my life.  I had always thought that I would be married by the time I turned 30 and I wasn't.  I wasn't dating anyone who I thought was marriage material.  So, I had what I have referred to during the past 9 years, as my "30 crisis."  I went on an 8-day cruise through the Carribean with my best friend, went to London for 5 days, spent a long weekend in Las Vegas, and went to Grand Cayman with my soon-to-be sister-in-law.  I suppose that I felt as though my life wasn't where I wanted it to be so if I ran all over the globe, then maybe I would find the life that I wanted.  I didn't.  I was still miserable. 

Two years later, I married the man that God made for me.  Six years later, I had a wonderful baby girl.  My life is more different than I could have ever imagined 10 years ago.  My days are no longer focused on the corporate world, keeping clients happy, meeting deadlines, developing and being responsible for million dollar budgets, etc.  Today, I concentrate on Baby Girl...celebrating her accomplishments and new things she learns each day, kissing boo-boos, giving big hugs throughout the day, and loving the person that she is becoming.  I run a household instead of a corporate account.   Days used to be consumed with client meetings, deadlines, and budgets.  Now, they are filled with running errands, making dinner, doing laundry, and somewhere, somehow, getting a little bit of my part-time job done.

In short, this is the hardest job that I have ever had!

But, is it where I thought I would be when I turned 40?  No, definitely not.  It's so much better!