I'm turning a year wiser tomorrow. Was having a pretty funny conversation with friends over the weekend who are 35-40 about things that happen during these years. Was wondering what some of the things were for you folks that I should be looking forward too in the years to come.
A couple for me
- Having to ask the lady who cuts my hair to trim my eyebrows and ears too :-/
- I literally have to think about how old I am when people ask...it takes longer than it should sometimes, and I'm still not sure if I was right after I answer them.
- When you have to put certain parts of your body...back up into your body...definitely not normally.
- Have to wiz around 4am every morning now...so annoying
What say ye...am I'm the only one who ages with age??
You've got to stop drinking anything about 90 minutes before you go to bed if you want to keep from waking up to go pee every night.
It surprises me that my eyebrow hairs will now get long and grow straight out, and that hair will sporadically sprout from different areas of my ears. Got to keep that under control though, because it's distracting for other people trying to talk to you.
It's still
very strange to me that everyone calls me "sir". When I look in the mirror I still see the same person that I always have - I don't think that I look any older than I used to, but apparently the rest of the world is starting to disagree.
I still feel that I could do the same things athletically that I could do when I was a lot younger. I mean, obviously I can't, and if I did, the recovery time would be measured in weeks.
I occasionally catch myself getting "Grumpy Old Men" when I feel people do something to deserve it - like calling a woman in the theatre a "b!tch" because she was trying to save an entire row of a crowded theatre for her husband and kids, who weren't yet with her when she was picking out seats (this was an opening weekend when everyone queues up until they let people in, and everyone jockeys for seats at once). The move towards all-reserved seating will eliminate this from ever being an issue again. Or telling someone trying to cut in a line to "get your @ss back to the end of the line" without feeling the least bit hesitant about it.
I've gotten to the point where I have zero interest to go to bars, clubs or concerts where there's a whole lot of people who are sure to get drunk and start fights, spill drinks on me, and generally annoy me. Instead, I search out peace and quiet - which is usually found out on my back deck on the weekends. It sounds anti-social, but I think it's more about avoiding the hassle and potential confrontations that comes along with too many people that are drinking and acting like idiots.
