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24987. thoughtful - 1/28/2009 8:34:40 PM It usually takes me 10 years to get used to how old i am... 24988. thoughtful - 1/28/2009 8:36:31 PM Actually turning the big 50 wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, mostly because I spent the whole year that I was 49 practicing for being 50.
What really knocked me for a loop though was this year my gf who I've known since I was 3, became a grandmother for the first time. I'm delighted her daughter's had a baby and all, but just sick to death that my contemporaries are now getting 'geezerized'! 24989. thoughtful - 1/28/2009 8:41:04 PM 30s were the best decade ever...finally old enough to come into my own and be my own person, yet young enough to not experience any of the physical deterioration that comes with age.
The other thing is, I realize how easy it is to look smart when you're older. I used to be amazed at older people who seemed so brilliant...now i find it's only that they had a decent memory for what they lived through. I can bamboozle the young folk with 2 arms tied behind my back...I can always come up with a memory or an example and they have no comeback for it....they weren't there. 24990. vonKreedon - 1/28/2009 9:22:16 PM The birthday that hit me hardest was my 20th. I really enjoyed my twenties and would go back in a flash if only I could retain my current life at the same time. I guess what I'm really saying is I miss my 20 year old body and fearlessness. 24991. arkymalarky - 1/28/2009 9:40:36 PM I didn't have a great childhood or teen years, but I loved my 20s and 30s. Forties haven't been too good--nothing serious, but almost constant health and stress issues, tho they're pretty much behind me now. 24992. arkymalarky - 1/28/2009 9:45:49 PM In fact, 24993. arkymalarky - 1/28/2009 9:47:58 PM Tho I'm home sick with a migraine, 24994. arkymalarky - 1/28/2009 9:49:11 PM And n a painfully slow blackberry 24995. arkymalarky - 1/28/2009 9:49:41 PM I feel like I could 24996. arkymalarky - 1/28/2009 9:50:18 PM Run all the way 24997. arkymalarky - 1/28/2009 9:51:17 PM To the 24998. arkymalarky - 1/28/2009 9:51:57 PM 25th 24999. arkymalarky - 1/28/2009 9:52:41 PM Mote Cafe 25000. arkymalarky - 1/28/2009 9:53:05 PM Millennial! 25001. magoseph - 1/28/2009 9:53:23 PM Five years ago exactly... 25002. magoseph - 1/28/2009 9:54:30 PM ...I became the host of this thread. 25003. arkymalarky - 1/28/2009 9:54:42 PM Well that's wild! 25004. iiibbb - 1/28/2009 9:59:52 PM Arky--- we're almost the same age.... in fact I'm older than you by a 2 months (Apr 30). 25005. arkymalarky - 1/28/2009 10:15:21 PM Wow, I thought you were a lot younger! Puts all your recent life changes in a whole new perspective. I must say, you're handling them beautifully compared to what I would. But then I've never handled life changes well. 25006. iiibbb - 1/29/2009 3:10:51 AM What, you mean my near constant half state of inner panic?
I think it's the Finn in me.... they have this thing called Sisu. Sisu is a Finnish term that could be roughly translated into English as strength of will, determination, perseverance, and acting rationally in the face of adversity.
I'd like to think I have that.
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