here's your old lady
Jan. 13th, 2009 03:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fleaI've been feeling old recently. I'm 36, which when you think about it is in fact coming up on possible grandparenthood, biologically speaking. The body doesn't know that my kids are only 2 and 5.
Partly the children, comparing myself to them, is what is making me feel old. They heal incredibly quickly; their skin is soft and smooth (like a baby's bottom!); they have boundless energy. I have wrinkles, grey hair which is becoming increasingly noticeable, the start of my mother's paunch, and weird foot calluses. I am always tired (mostly this is the children's fault of course).
So, when does the wisdom kick in?
Partly the children, comparing myself to them, is what is making me feel old. They heal incredibly quickly; their skin is soft and smooth (like a baby's bottom!); they have boundless energy. I have wrinkles, grey hair which is becoming increasingly noticeable, the start of my mother's paunch, and weird foot calluses. I am always tired (mostly this is the children's fault of course).
So, when does the wisdom kick in?
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Date: 2009-01-14 12:25 am (UTC)Did you get the invitation to our 15th (FIFTEENTH!) college reunion? Told guy-I-work-with about it, and he was all "Yeah, I'm feeling old too. I just got an invitation to my 5th reunion. I mean, high school, not college, but still.." And then I killed him.