Sunday, May 21, 2006
Am I the only one who loses track of my age?
I just noticed my little tagline under the title of my blog says I’m 36. I’m not, I’m 35. I think I updated it when we had our last wedding anniversary and figured I was a year older, too. But I don’t turn 36 for a couple weeks.
For some reason, I can never remember how old I am. Fortunately my birth year is an easy one to do the math on–I was born in 1970. So if it’s 2006, chances are about 50% I’m 36 (since I was born in the middle of the year).
I actually just had to stop and rethink that to make sure I’m correct. I am 35, right?
When I was in my 20’s I always felt like I was in my 30’s–we did basically skip our 20’s, we got married and had kids so young. When I turned 30 it felt good–finally I was the age I felt! Now that I’ve been in my 30’s for awhile I’m not sure how I feel. I think sometimes I feel like I’m still in my 20’s. I don’t feel like I’m in my 40’s, that’s for sure–but most people I know with kids the same ages as mine are.
We had an old friend come visit us last week for a few days. When we first met him, he was 16-18, somewhere in there. We were in our early 20’s. He was just a kid. I couldn’t believe it when he told me he’s 29 now. It’s funny how age gaps mean less the older you get.
Sort of. I think I’ll post more on age gaps later.
