Age and Random Thoughts

Age is just a number, and it's never bothered me.  I turned 30, 40 and 50 without any qualms.  I think my favorite age was 45, and I'm not sure why!?   This year, I turn 58.  Just another number, but .. it's so much easier to slip into thoughts about being on the "other side" of things.  I'm not sure why.  Probably because in truth, I'm more than "half way there".  I won't live to 116, so .... numerically speaking....

I just signed up and paid for my annual AARP membership.  THAT for me was more a turning point than anything else.  hehehe   I have been avoiding notices from them for six years, and figured it's time to jump on the bandwagon.   

(Saw this cartoon, thought it funny! 

of course, Y M C A was a huge hit in 1978)

In other news, my car finally rolled over 1000 miles.  Weird having a car with such low mileage.  I must say, I'm loving the new car thing tho!   It's clean, inside and out!  This heated summer, I'm really liking the custom window tints the car came with.  It drives smooth, it's 2 feet shorter than my Impala, and 3" narrower (not that big of a difference!) and weighs 500lbs less that the Impala as well.  And I'm really noticing it at the gas pump!  I'm saving about $10 a fill-up, and that's quite the savings!  All the little high tech stuff .. I have 4G network in the car, but since I'm the driver, and can't utilize it while I'm driving, it's sort of a non essential.  I like that the bluetooth on my phone hooks up to the car, I can drive and talk "hands free".  The only drawback in the heat is it automatically lowers the AC fan - and I need that on high when I'm driving home from work!  It's the little things :)

We're in Monsoon season here in the Valley of the Sun, and lately, it's been one round of clouds and humidity after another.  Most of the rain hits in the foothills before it reaches me, but the wind that blows through can be rather nice!  It's knocking down more palm fronds, I won't be paying anyone to come trim that tree this year!  But they're a pain in the but to snap in half to fit in the garbage can.  I had to clean up another seven fronds on Thursday.  And what did I find when I came home on Friday?  Yep, two more fronds.  lol   Such are the things in my life!

My last advice on growing older:  

Don't spend your time wishing for things to be different;  you'll never be this age, and you can't go back and be younger again (and frankly, who'd want to?)  Be happy with each day, with each moment, so that when you look back, you have no regrets.