my last twenty something birthday

well, it's that time of year again.......the celebration of the day the danban was born. and this one is going to be interesting cause it's going to be my LAST twenty something birthday. it inspires reflection on what it is that i've accomplished throughout my last 28 years and here's a short list:

• two half ironman races
• too many to count olympic distance tri's
• marathon training with a 22 mile run in there somewhere
• too many to count half marathons
• jumped out of two perfectly good airplanes
• raised thousands for leukemia research
• financially independent with no real debt to speak of
• own a kick ass car (love my MINI)
• own a kick ass tri bike (love my Guru)
• BEST team leader for PLD team #17 ripple effects
• supportive of my friends and family
• have a very loving and supportive group of friends and family (biological and adopted)
• am very successful at a job that i actually truly do enjoy
• traveled for months throughout western europe and loved every second of it

it's definitely a time of reflection for me.......ya know, getting old and all :0) i am very blessed to have surrounded myself with the quality of people that are in my life. there's a saying about how you surround yourself with people who are reflections of yourself and i like to think that is true cause they kick ass which means i kick ass too!! regardless of how you slice it, life is good my friends! thank you all for contributing to the chaos, malarkey, memories, great times, shenanigans, trouble, laughs, tears, and smiles throughout it all!

LOVE YOU!!!!
~danban