I turned 35 today (for the 7th year in a row!)

Today was my birthday.. And the older we get, it seems like it never fails. When someone asks us how old we are, we think a minute, then we mentally take the year that it currently is, and try our hardest to subtract the year that we were born, to see if we can figure out our real age. And since I'm not the best at math without a calculator, I really think it would be much easier just to say '35'. That's an easy number to remember, and somehow, I still think I look 35 (I don't know if I look that way to others, but I feel that way at least), so that's what I've thought for the past 7 years. And until someone reminded me that I was my son's age (20) when I had him, did it really hit me.... I'm 41 now.


Another thing I couldn't stop thinking about today, is that they (I don't really know who 'they' are) say that you're 'over the hill' when you hit 50. Well, I googled the average life expectancy of a woman. It is 79 years old. So, technically, once you're 39 1/2 years of age, you are at the top of the hill. So, once you hit 40, you are over the hill. So the even more depressing thought is that now that I'm 41, I'm on the other side of the hill, on my way back down. Aren't you sad for me?


Well, because I want to stay young, and a big fear for me is getting 'old', I have quite a few goals for the next year of my life. Instead of being depressed about getting old, here are 3 of my goals (I'm putting this in writing, so it makes me work harder):

1) Get my a%# out of bed every morning at 5:00 a.m. to go running
2) Read a book every month
3) Listen to more music


To help me with my 3rd goal, I asked for a gift for my birthday, this was all I wanted this year.