Saturday, January 21, 2012

How do I age thee, let me count the ways

I am old.  Fact.

My evidence:
1.  My back hurts.
2.  On Friday nights, I'm excited to go to bed early and sleep in.
3.  I made a reference to the Archies Saturday morning cartoon at a meeting last week and got blank stares from everyone (however, my "you probably watched HeMan" observation earned five minutes of excited Masters of the Universe related chatter).
4.  I can eat pie for breakfast and no one lectures me.
5.  I won't wait in line for a table at a restaurant.
6.  My whole body hurts if I sleep on the floor.
7.  My resume is three pages and my references list is too.
8.  My nephew and his wife are having a baby.
9.  When a friend gets a new car, my first question is about the gas mileage (second is the warranty), not color or power.
10.  I have life insurance and a will.
11.  Don't get me started on gray hair and wrinkles.
12.  All movie plots, TV scripts, songs, etc. remind me of ones I've already seen/heard.
13.  I give unsolicited advice.

Of course the biggest tell is my new found urge to complain about being old and all the accompanying ailments.