Originally Posted By Lisann22 First, I've had so little time to be on LP since the start of 2008. I miss you guys and the daily banter. ;> I've been traveling back and forth between Georgia and California since January 20th. I just got back from spending 25 straight days in Georgia. It feels SO good to be home. However, right now I'd take anywhere but a hotel room and restuarant food to signify home. I have worked 91 out of 105 days as of today. My point to all this is the last time I worked on a project this intense I was 15 years younger. And boy howdy am I feeling it. I have been remarkably healthy throughout all this but the knees are creaking, the hip is aching, the dark circls under the eyes are darker, I don't stand up quite as fast. LOL! It hit me when I was planning my month of June that I'm going to be 45 years old next month. Now age doesn't bother me. I don't hide my age or have yearning to go back to another age or feel that my life is slipping by. But for whatever reason I had a big holy cow moment when I realized I'm 5 years from 50 soon. I don't know what 45 is suppose to feel like but I don't feel old, I don't feel my best years are behind me and I certainly do not feel out of it. My 40's have been my best times so far in life. Everything is at it's highest point for me in these years; self-esteem, financially, health, family, confidence, attitude, blah blah blah. I feel good about who I am and where I am in life but all of a sudden it's like what the heck happen and when did I land here in the almost 50 range. LOL! It's nothing devastating or doom-filled. Just an eye opener. I do find myself spending more time wondering about my life as an elder, am I prepared, do I have my finances in order, who will look after me, all that kind of stuff. So for all of you what has been your Holy Cow age? And why was it so?
Originally Posted By DAR Next year I'll be celebrating the 14th anniversary of being able to legally enjoy adult beverages. The 17th anniversary of me being able to vote. The 19th anniversary of me getting my driver's license. And the 25th anniversary of me turning 10.
Originally Posted By disneydad109 60 in ten days.I always had in my mind that 60 was old but I need to rethink that now.I never knew life went so fast !
Originally Posted By wahooskipper My wife is hitting 40 at the end of this month and I'm hitting 38 in September (gotta love older women). I think we are fortunate to have two young children (5 and 2) who keeps us feeling younger. Well, at about 8:30/9:00 pm we are ready for a glass of wine and bed...but we do feel younger. Age is mental. Here in Florida I see a LOT of "older" folks (60, 70+) who I really admire for their activity and energy. Heck, my 90 year old grandmother still carries a 40 lb sack of salt for the water softener once in a while. Good stuff! I think my kids' milestone birthdays will affect me more than my own. For instance, the 5 year old starts Kindergarten in August. I think that will be a "holy cow" moment for me.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom <<So for all of you what has been your Holy Cow age? And why was it so?>> I don't think I have hit the Holy Cow age yet. I am actually in much better shape now than I was back in college. << do find myself spending more time wondering about my life as an elder, am I prepared, do I have my finances in order, who will look after me, all that kind of stuff.>> Lisann22, when I retire from my current job, that when I begin my second career as a conductor on the WDW Railroad! I'm looking forward to working at WDW in my retirement, if they will have me, LOL.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I hear you wahooskipper. I do not mark my age (though I am still in my early 30's), but when Mikey our 4 y o started school earlier this year, my god I was lamenting their growing up. I cried in the car and then felt really stupid ;-) Lisann, we all know you'll continue to age disgracefully, and we love you for it!
Originally Posted By DAR To be honest my 30's don't really feel that much different from my mid twenties. The only difference being a few more gray hairs making their presence known. Or a few hairs on the top of my head starting to thin out a bit.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Almost 37 - I turned 37 a couple weeks after my youngest started kindergarden and my oldest started high school - both on the same day!
Originally Posted By utahjosh But getting married in two weeks (at age 32, to a 19 year old) makes me feel much younger.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Don't worry DAR, I went bald at 19 and it was totally gone on top before i met my wife when I was 22. what is left has started to go salt and pepper! And Lisa, I'll be there with you aging more and more disgracefully - mojito?
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Cradle snatcher ;-) Wow, that went fast. How are the wedding plans coming (different thread perhaps)?
Originally Posted By alexbook >>When I hit 30 is was a shocker.<< Me, too. As a kid, I literally never envisioned myself beyond the age of 29. I figured the world would have blown up by then, anyway. (As a kid, I probably thought more about WWIII and Mutually Assured Destruction and nuclear holocaust than was really healthy. How many kids read "Fail Safe" and "On the Beach"?)
Originally Posted By jnemo I guess I will chime in here as one of those enjoying my 50's. I really feel like I am still 16 in my brain but my body lately tells me otherwise. What really gets me is last night watching American Idol and the 46 year old called in (Simon's first kiss, when he was 9), so I am laying in bed and start counting, he was born around 1962. I remember 1962, that makes me feel old. Also, when I go to a health care provider and you know you were married before they were even born. I can remember thinking when my Dad was retiring at my age how old he was but guess what, I am there now and it does not feel old at all. There is also the times when you say something like do you remember when the Beetles were on Ed Sullivan or do you remember Laugh In and some people look at you like you have lost your mind. ok that is enough from me, age is going to happen, may as well accept it.
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove In the words of the immortal Dave Barry, I. am. not. making. this. up. 24. The ripe old age of 24 was my oh, crud! birthday. When I was 18 and DH was 19, we had our first child, our son. DH was in the Army and we were transferred to Ft Bragg, NC. Moved into a duplex shared by another couple, both 24 years of age with their first child, a newborn son. I thought....what decrepit wrecks. I shall NEVER be old and 24! True story, I am ashamed to say. And let me tell you, 52 is pretty cool. I'm still 17 (pre-kids) and DH is still 18 and studly and we're doing fine. Our bodies may not quite agree, but mentally, we're the same giddy teens. Hence the addiction to Disneyland.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney I was not happy when I turned 30, but 31 was more of a HOLY COW! age for me because then I was "In my 30's"!!
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs I'm still in my 20s. It'll be awhile before I reach my 40s...much less my 30s.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip In June I will be 56. I truly enjoy getting older. It is great seeing your kids become successful adults and good people. All that work you put in finally seems worth it. I have also enjoyed that as my kids grow up they've come to realize that maybe their parents weren't so stupid after all. Even my 31 year old son who was always something of a rebel stops by our house about once a week just to spend some time talking with us. Most of the time he doesn't even ask for anything!! My relationship with my wife has deepened and become so much closer over the past half dozen years. When you become empty nesters you once again have time to spend with each other and we've discovered all over again how much we love each other. I must admit that the money is very nice also. Pretty much no matter what occupation you are in, you are going to make a lot more money in your 50's than you made in your 20's. It has also made a very big difference now that our kids are totally self-supporting and we no longer have to be sticking away money every month for college expenses. Physically I've gone backwards a bit. For me that is due more to a severe case of pneumonia a couple of years ago than it is to aging. The old short term memory starts to go though... both my wife and I have noticed that. The worst thing is when you walk into a room and then have NO IDEA what it was you wanted there. My Holy Cow age was 30. Being a typically overwrought and melodramatic teenager I was convinced that I would never live to see 30. If the draft and Vietnam didn't get me something else was bound to. When I got to be thirty my "Holy Cow" was realizing how freaking stupid I was as a teenager. That's OK though. For the most part all teenagers are. Have a great B'day Lisann and thanks for one of the most fun topics LP has seen in a month!!
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle >>It'll be awhile before I reach my 40s...much less my 30s. << Not to sound nitpicky, but I'm hearing more and more of this lately. Shouldn't it be 'a while before I reach my 30s, much less my 40s'? I'm starting to worry I'm going nuts, just like when I hear 'I could care less'. Anyway, I've just turned 25 so I haven't really had my 'Holy Cow' moment yet. HOWEVER, yesterday my sister sent me an email that she had found that I'd sent her the day after my high school formal. I couldn't *believe* that 8 years have passed since I sent that email. I remember it like it was yesterday, and that made me a little sad, not that I'm not 17 anymore, but sad because time passes so quickly. I mean, 8 years?!
