6 months from today I will celebrate the 10th anniversary
of my 30th Birthday.
Whoa....
How did I get this old?
Truth be told , I still feel like a spry young lassie. Well except for those days when my arthritis kicks
in. I swear, as I have gotten older I have turned
into a barometer. I no longer need to
check the weather channel before leaving the house; I just ask my knees what
the weather will be like. They can tell
you when that low-pressure system is coming well in advance of needing an
umbrella.
I don’t feel like I’m going to be 40. Or do I?
What should almost being 40 feel like?
It seems like just yesterday I turned 21 and was walking across the quad back to my sorority house after my first night of adult
libations. Okay lets be honest here, it
was really just a celebration of me not needing a fake ID any longer. First night of adult libations is an utter
lie.
I know when I turned 21 I felt a great sense of relief but I also felt freedom. Turning 21 provided me entry into an adult
world. I could now do things and go
places I could not do or go to before, LEGALLY.
And, what a relief it was to no longer fear bar raids and getting arrested
with a fake ID. Huge monkey off my back,
I tell ya. (see mom, it all worked out okay. I totally dodged the bullet on that one.)
When I turned 30 I felt like I turned into an adult. I had a well paying job that I enjoyed. I had papers signed to buy a condo. I had a car and a car payment. I was LIVING life as a responsible
Adult.
So what is it that comes with 40? Are my 40’s just a decade that transcends me to my 50’s
and menopause? Will I start looking like THAT OLD PERSON at music festivals? Will I be shunned at the GAP?
What will come when I turn 40?
3 comments:
I was just talking to a couple of friends last night about the exact same subject - as she is turning 40 next year and is quite surprised as I am that time has gone by so fast. It's half a life already - assuming you are living to 80.
I think that really, age is just a number and you realize that as you grow.
Sometimes when I am talking to younger people, they will address me with words like "Ma'am" and I flip - i guess what makes me feel older is actually my surroundings. Like you, I am a young chick ;)
Lorena I don't feel old, but that darn number keeps on changing.
With ya! I don't feel old. Everyone just keeps telling me I am.
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