Well, one week ago tomorrow I turned the big and whopping 3-OH. I have now entered into the next decade of life as we know it but hey, who's counting? I never really thought about the whole age thing at all but on my big day I was filling out an application for the gym and there it was in big letters.....AGE:_______. I took the pen and that's when it hit me, holy shit I'm 30! Does that mean I have to actually grow up now?? Nah...that's just silly. A million and one things were running through my mind about growing old. First, it appears to me now just a week after turning 30 that I am getting wrinkles. Ironically, I never really noticed them before. Did you know that in those silly beauty magazines they have us women separated out into ages...i.e. beautiful in your 20's, 30's etc...ugh! Now I have to buy that good face cream to fight the drooping and wrinkles that come with age. Look out pocket book. Second, my biological clock is ticking at an accelerated pace now. Did you know that your fertility rate starts to decline after age 27? Well, I do..I have got a lot of work to do now. Third, my hair now starts thinning (like I need that) and the rate of growth starts slowing down. I also have a decreased metabolism to look forward to so I now not only do I need to join a gym but I have to work harder at it. Great! Turning 30, however, does not have to be a death sentence. NO, I don't have a mortgage yet but I've gotten to travel and live in different parts of Canada and create great friendships and amazing memories. NO, I don't have any children yet, yet is the key word but I got to marry the man I love and guess what, he loves me too...how great is that! We even have a wonderful doggie. My body is still looking okay (need to work on that a bit-lol) and is still functioning smoothly at the moment. NO, I am not 20-something but I am also not in those teeny or 20-something years where everything is so dramatical and friends are sometimes hard to pick from the foes. The friends that I have are real, honest, and there for you, as I would be for them. In only ten more years I will be 40 and look back on 30 and think I was a young chick. Most importantly, I got ID'd last night for buying a lottery ticket...YES ME. It felt great actually, and when he thanked me (a young guy too) for showing him my ID I appropriately thanked him back, after all I am 11 years over the limit!!!
I had a brief moment of foolish thinking then I thought about it and there's a lot of good things about being 30, yes I said good things...I don't mind turning 30 and at this age I almost know what I want out of life and that's pretty good in my books.
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In My Next 30 Years....
(Phil Vassar)
I think I'll take a moment celebrate my age
End of an era and the turning of a page
Now it's time to focus in on where I go from here
Lord have mercy on my next thirty years
In my next thirty years I'm gonna have some fun
Try to forget about all the crazy things I've done
Maybe now I've conquer all my adolescent fears
And I'll do it better in my next thirty years
My next thirty years I'm gonna settle all the scores
Cry a little less laugh a little more
Find a world of happiness without the hate and fear
Figure out just what I'm doin' here in my next thirty years
For my next thirty years I'm gonna watch my weight
Eat a few more salads and not stay up so late
Drink a little lemonade and not so many beers
Maybe I'll remember my next thirty years
My next thirty years will be the best years of my life
Raise a little family and hang out with my wife (substitute Husband here - unless there is something you want to tell me about Glenn)
Spend precious moments with the ones that I hold dear
Make up for lost time here in my next thirty years
In my next thirty years
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