I always was ridiculously fond of the "Miles hits 30. 30 hits back." summary for Memory.

[salinea]

All things together, these have been some pretty sucky ten years. Some interesting times, some failure, some persevering until miwed success, some working that made me utterly miserable, more failure, a lot of depression and not even knowing where to start fixing it an a lot of avoidance in stead of it. The global state of the world was pretty sucky too :p. Here's hoping my thirties are more productive and happy.

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[ann1962]

::hugs:: Happy birthday, and I hope your 30s are great!

My thirties were much better than my twenties. That is what most people I know say about their thirties.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Hopefully :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_profiterole_/]

Joyeux anniversaire ! En espérant plein de bonnes choses pour les années à venir.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Merci! :)

[veleda-k.livejournal.com]

Sounds like your twenties went as well as my twenties are going. Better luck to both of us in the coming year, I suppose.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Indeed! :)

[ponygirl2000.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday!

As for getting older I think there was a line in Before Sunset about how your problems don't go away or may actually become more serious but you are better equipped to deal with them. Wisdom and experience really do count for a lot.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)


I wish I felt like I had gotten all that wisdom and experience that makes it easier XD

[ponygirl2000.livejournal.com]

It's always an after the fact realization, like handling something easily and thinking that in times past I would have freaked out or avoided the situation entirely. On the other hand I just turned forty and I still get those "hey look at me, I'm a grown-up" moments often just from successfully cooking something or managing to have a clean apartment.

[keelieinblack.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday! I very much hope that the thirties are much better for you, and that only the good parts of the twenties carry over. My thirtieth is next year, so I'm really hoping everyone's stories about that decade being better are true....

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

thank you ♥ hopefully so ^^

[after-nightfall.livejournal.com]

Happiest of birthdays, and best of decades to you! I find that my life is constantly improving as I grow older. May it go the same for you.

I've always loved that line for Memory, too. Until recently, I didn't rate Memory high enough as a book, though... but I got smarter and now it's right up there on top with Civil Campaign on my favourites list for Miles books.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Thank you ^^

Gosh! How could one not rate Memory the highest? XD I do love Civil Campaign an awful lot as well ♥

[flo-nelja.livejournal.com]

Bon anniversaire ! Et oui, que les dix prochaines années rattrapent un peu le coup. :-)

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Merci beaucoup ♥ and merci beaucoup pour le compte LJ!!! :D

[hamsterwoman]

Happy birthday! And I definitely hope your thirties are far, far better than the previous decade.

(And that's always been my favorite summary of a Vorkosiverse book, too.)

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

thank you! ♥

(teehee)

[runespoor7.livejournal.com]

Bon, ben quand même, joyeux anniversaire! Je te souhaite tout plein de bonheur pour l'année qui vient, et plus encore pour les suivantes.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Merci :D

[layniapetrovna.livejournal.com]

Joyeux anniversaire !

(le hasard fait que je franchis aussi le cap de la décennie suivante demain et je crois en effet comme d'autres commentateurs l'ont déjà dit que j'ai préféré mes 30's à mes 20's - en dehors de maux physiques qui laisseraient penser que la propagande en faveur de l'éducation physique n'était pas entièrement mal fondée).

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Merci!! Bon anniversaire à toi!

[matitablu.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday! Let's make our thirties the club everyone would want to be a member of while our twenties were just us waiting outside in a queue.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Thanks ^^ Yes, let's XD

[williamjm.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday :)

I'd forgotten about that summary for Memory, but it is a good one. I hope your thirtieth year is less eventful than Miles' was ;)

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

thanks!

hahaha it'd be hard for it to be as eventfuk XD

[twhitesakura.livejournal.com]

Completely feeling the same as my own 20s draws to a close. Let's hope things look up for both of us. *hugs* ♥

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

*hugs back* let's hope so indeed!

[eefster.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday! I hope that only the good follows you into this new decade, but if it doesn't, that the line ponygirl2000 quoted resonates.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

thank you ^_^

[xraytheenforcer.livejournal.com]

MUCH LOVE. May your thirties be much better than your twenties.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

thanks ♥

[pyrebomb.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday! Hope your thirties are less stressful. =)

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

thanks ^^

[podrick.livejournal.com]

Late again but happy birthday! I hope you hit back in style. :)

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

thank you ♥ I need to work on my left hook ^_^

[rockstarwookie.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday! :)

I'm only 9 months into my 30s myself. I haven't found it pressurise me much so far, but I'm still trying to use it as a motivation to change the things I want to improve about my life.

Cheers to the new decade and boo-rah sucks to the twenties! :)

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

thanks!

Good luck for your remaining 9 months of twenties then ^_^

Happy Birthday

[michel-islor.livejournal.com]

Sorry I'm late.
Hope you'll live happily from that day towards infinity, as a new start! <80)

Re: Happy Birthday

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

thank you.

[deeplyunhip.livejournal.com]

Happy belated birthday! Hope you find the next ten years to be more fulfilling!

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)

[berylia.livejournal.com]

Hey copine de 30 ans !

Un joyeux anniversaire à la méga bourre et j'espère que ce seront des années du tonnerre !

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Merci ^^