Am I getting old??
I still like to think of myself as a young and hip person.. but I find that perhaps I am showing age.. When you look in the mirror as often as I do.. you don't see the subtle changes that age throws at you. You feel that you look the same as you did 10 yrs ago. Mostly it is what I think and what I say that makes me feel as if I am heading to geezerhood. I say things that I say feel are normal and then realize.. "EKK.. I sound like my dad.. or like those old men that sit around and complain about the youth of today. I notice kids making the same mistakes I did and think "Dumb Ass!!" I am edging towards Red Foreman's outlook on life. I find myself becoming much more politically conservative. I find myself thinking the saggy pants thing is idiotic.. I find myself thinking the new afro look on the boys looks WAY too Harpo Marx too be cool.. (dating myself sort of ..even though t he Marx Brothers were way before my time. I am realizing that I don't blend so well in younger crowds.. I find myself being called "Sir".. I find that I feel silly when I dress too young.. I find that I have gray in that young looking goatee.. i find that I can't drink like I used to without REALLY paying for it.. I find myself looking before i leap.. I find that hair is growing in places that scare me .. I find that I am looking into investing for a future (much future) retirement.. I think about my kid's college and cars.. (both far off.. but still).. I find that I want less surprises in my life and I crave stablility.. Wow.. Get my a walker and a hot nurse for sponge baths,, I am ready to be old..LOL
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