I turn 37 today. Here’s some things I did in my 36th year:

• went from being a non-coffee drinker to a coffee addict #blackasmidnightonamoonlessnight
• saw Britney Spears perform (again!) the same weekend as Mariah Carey in a 36-hour Las Vegas diva-thon
• got my tenth tattoo
• saw a Star Wars movie in the theater that I actually enjoyed and cried when I saw the female lead take the light saber
• had my first 2 pieces of short fiction published
• was a cheerleader at a roller derby bout (it’s never too late to make your eighth grade dreams come true!)
• saw Yosemite Valley for the first time
• got my motorcycle permit
• ran into a black bear while camping in the backcountry
• rode a mechanical bull and a mechanical rooster in the same night
• got addicted to Neko Atsume: Kitty Collector on my iPhone
• shot at tin cans with a pellet gun at my sister’s wedding

I started this morning at 5:30 a.m. by working out to the fierceness that is Beyonce’s new album Lemonade. Hopefully this will set the trend for my 37th year to be pretty badass.