Why I feel old even if I am not! January 17, 2006
Posted by spacemom in : Nance , trackbackFirst things first. Soleil slept all night. No wetness! She was very excited and wants to do it again! Yes! Maybe we will finish this week with only 1 kid in diapers and 1 kid completely without!
I was reading on Johnny’s blog about us Young Punks. I don’t really feel young. I have to say that I had learned about all of those things that Johnny commented on even though Watergate happened when I was an infant.
I am not as strong of a history fan as Dr. Jay, but I do want to learn from it. We spent a while this weekend talking about the movie Munich and if it was worth seeing after the reviews are showing it to be a twist on what really happened.
But I digress. I feel old at work. I am one of the older "data aides" here. Most of the people here are either full time scientists (PhD) , post docs (PhD) who are here for a few years and then move on, or data aides (masters or bachelors) who are here for a few years and then go onto grad school. I fall into a little nether land that very few do. I am a data aide who plans to stay for a long time and I don’t plan on getting my PhD. The women in the next office are 27 and 24. And they talk about being old and not having boy friends. Wow. My 34 (soon to be 35) feels old compared to that. But then again, I was married at 26. My first child at 31. That’s not really old, is it?
My ILs are young. 70 and 75. Not really young, but they act it. My parents are also young 64 and 64…not really old, but sometimes, they act it.
I wonder how much of age is mental and how much is physical? Things that make you wonder…
Just random thoughts on age as I plow through my day…
Edited to add: Ok, now I do feel old. Since I don’t have PT anymore, I went to the gym to exercise. The bikes overlook the squash courts. Here comes in a man, no shirt, bronzed skin, muscles everywhere…Sigh. What a sight! Eye candy, yum! But then I realize that this Harvard boy is that…a BOY.. maybe 20 at most, but definitely under the drinking age…
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My congrats to Soleil. Way to go! As far as age goes, I can’t resist putting my 2 cents in. Age is all in your head. If you tell yourself you are getting old, you’ll be old before you know it. If you live life without the boundries we put upon ourselves with the shoulda, coulda, woulda attitude defined by your age, you will be much happier. Don’t worry about your age. It’s just a number.
Sparky
College graduate at 27
Married at 41
Homeowner at 43
First time mom at 46 (if all goes well)
Planning on living life well for a very long time
Oh and as far as the hunky eye candy goes….no law against looking!!
Whoooo whooo, here’s to appreciating eye candy at any age!!!!