Posted by Mark:
At the ripe old age of 28 I've started to notice something alarming. I'm getting old. Some of you (Those older then 28) might laugh and say "Wait till you get my age!" And that is probably true, but I just wanted to point out that I'm starting to see the signs. Let me run through a few of my more recent old man traits.
1. For the first time in my life I added to the grocery list "TUMS" ......TUMS??!! that's something my grandpa puts on HIS grocery list. What happened to the days that I could eat anything and everything with little to no effect. This thing called heartburn sucks.
2. More and more people address me as Sir......
3. Now when I get injured it takes me a lot longer to recover. A few weeks back, while playing Basket Ball, I took a really hard knee to the thigh. Not only did I limp for 3-4 days afterwards but the thing didn't stop hurting for at least 2 weeks!
4. 10pm is now late. In my college days I never went to bed before midnight. In fact. 2am was my usual time to be in bed.
5. On the same token, I can't sleep in as late as I used to. Now I'm lucky (after pretty much forcing myself) to sleep in till 9am. I remember when I could sleep in till 1pm. Those were good times.
6. I'm starting to get really annoyed with the high school kids who drive past my house going 100mph with their loud cars. (I used to BE that annoying kid) Particularly there is this one gray Dodge Magnum who is my current arch nemesis. Every day, with out fail, he flies past with engine roaring. I am quite tempted to throw a rock through his front windshield but then I change my mind cause I'd rather not get arrested.
7. You know all those sitcoms and movie characters that seemed so old when you watched them when you were young? Well in watching them now I realize that all of them are portraying 25, 26, 27 year olds. For example: I'm older then Ross Geller in season one of Friends!
8. I find that I have to get up in the middle of the night to use the little boys room more often.
9. Remember when I used to have blonde hair? My hair is getting darker and darker every year.
Anyway, I'm predicting that it's only a matter of time that I'll be sitting on my front porch to spray punk kids with my hose who even think about walking on my lawn.
In closing I'd like to quote my late grandfather, George Dibb when he expressed his feelings about aging to my dad after a long day of helping my dad move. "Roger, getting old is Hell." My grandpa was a very wise man.
3 comments:
Yep... kinda weird isn't it? I feel so young and old at the same time.
Hahahaha...I seriously LOVE this post! I was giggling almost the entire way through. Speaking as someone who is three months older (and wiser) than you, I totally agree with everything you just said. Plus...you left off the fact that you get completely annoyed with people who let fireworks off any later than 10:30 p.m. Oh, and as for the Dodge Magnum? Write down his license plate number and turn him in! That will show his punk kid behind! Which is also further proof that I'm getting old as well...turning in teenagers to the police...I totally sound like my Dad! haha :)
I can totally relate! When Dave and I were first married we taught a Sunday School class. Most of the "kids" in our class are now married and many of them have babies of their own. Unlike you, however, I think I could manage sleeping in but Cooper has a different idea.
Just wait until you start getting hair on your ears. It's coming...just ask Dave.
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