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I’m getting old. We all are, and this is not news. It’s just that I really feel it today.
Yesterday, George Carlin’s death was all over the place, on the news, on my yahoo feeds, and in several blogs-even my own. I grew up with him as many of you did. Thinking of him brought up several great memories for me. I listened to his albums with my Dad as a kid. Yes….I said as a kid. Where did the time go?
Today, I received an invitation to a wedding shower. Son2’s friend is getting married soon and this is a shower for the bride-to-be. I remember this boy’s first grade class picture. I remember him skinning his knees playing with my son. Now he’s getting married. He already has a two year old daughter. Where did the time go?
This guy is not the first of either of my sons’ friends to have a child or to get married. But since my sons are friends with the same group of kids since childhood, many of those who married are twenty-five to thirty years old. This particular friend is one of the younger group. The group who is 23 years old…the age of Son2.
Twenty-three. When I was twenty-three, I had two little boys. When I was twenty-three, I still lived in an apartment. At twenty-three, it was a huge deal to go out without the kids.
Twenty-three was half my life ago. Where did the time go?
Someday soon, my own boys will be the ones getting married. Babygirl will be out of high school and moving on to college in two years. Maybe I’ll even be a grandmom. Where did the time go?
I’m getting old…….
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Froggywoogie
said:
on June 24, 2008 at 01:44 pmRecently the daughter of a friend died accidently aged 20. We all wish she had grown as an old woman instead.
Enjoy the life
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that girl
said:
on June 24, 2008 at 02:00 pmmy kids are sprinting into tween-dom and i already feel old!!
that girls last blog post..hey four eyes
Tug
said:
on June 24, 2008 at 02:01 pmYou and me both sweetie…but I’m called GRANDMA. I win.
(did I just say ‘win’???)
Tugs last blog post..Mondays SUCK the big one.
Amber
said:
on June 24, 2008 at 02:07 pmYou are NOT old and really, you need to stop lying to the Blogosphere about that.
You go to hell for lying, dontchya know?
Love the quote, though.
And Tug’s title of her last blog post is cracking me up. She and CP have got to hold the titles for “coolest grandma’s on the internet EVER!”
Go do something fun, MetalMom. You’ve got a lot of wonderful years ahead of you and you’re not really old until you let yourself believe and feel that. Personally, I still want to be rockin the bedroom sheets when I’m 85!
Ambers last blog post..My Weekend… With Pictures!
Metalmom
said:
on June 24, 2008 at 02:08 pmFroggywoogie-Death at such an early age is always devastating.I’m sorry for your friend’s loss.
Metalmom
said:
on June 24, 2008 at 02:09 pmthat girl-Tween-dom is so much fun to watch. It’s the actual TEENDOM that is a bitch!
Metalmom
said:
on June 24, 2008 at 02:10 pmTug-HAHAHA!! You WIN!!!!
Metalmom
said:
on June 24, 2008 at 02:14 pmAmber-You are young!! Believe me, I do lots of fun things and yes I do still rock the sheets….but the image of ANYONE doing that at 85 is just…EEEWWWW!It is just a strange feeling to know that the ‘kids’ are now ‘adults’ and that when you look back on your life, it seems like yesterday that these things happened. This wasn’t an “I’m depressed” post, it was more of a “contemplative” post.
Tug
said:
on June 24, 2008 at 02:19 pmum…yeah. What’s my PRIZE???
Tugs last blog post..Mondays SUCK the big one.
Amber
said:
on June 24, 2008 at 02:21 pmMetalMom,
Trust me, age is relative. There are days that I feel incredibly old. Like now - when my vehicle just ate shit and I’m going to have to buy a new one and take on a car payment when I almost had it paid off, I’m leaving my job here in GJ to move back to Mxr to go to school - where there’s little work opportunity. But can’t afford to live in GJ with the cost of living being so high, even if I WANTED to. AND this is all going down two weeks before I leave on vacation for a week and… well, I don’t think “stressed” really covers it at this point.
So yeah, I may be “young” in a number kind of way, but I feel old sometimes, too. Like, ya know, today!
I didn’t think it was an “I’m depressed” post - you are way too good of a writer to give the wrong impression. I get the “slap in the face, OMG! Look at everybody growing up… they were just in diapers yesterdayyyyy *cue crying*” kind of thing. I just thought that maybe doing something fun would bring the “old factor” down a few knotches. I mean, nothing makes that heavy realization of how time is flying by fade, like… I don’t know… jumping in mud puddles or something else silly.
Oh! And yeah… sorry… 85 IS a little excessive lol. But you know….
I wuv your old, stinking, guts with my whole butt cuz it’s bigger than my heart, MetalMom! (Hehe)
Ambers last blog post..My Weekend… With Pictures!
Metalmom
said:
on June 24, 2008 at 02:24 pmTug-Your prize?……depends…..
Metalmom
said:
on June 24, 2008 at 02:25 pmAmber-You crack me up! I love your stinky butt too…..wait, that was wrong…I love your heart!
Tug
said:
on June 24, 2008 at 02:31 pmTugs last blog post..Mondays SUCK the big one.
Lynda
said:
on June 24, 2008 at 03:03 pm“Sunrise, sunset, sunrise, sunset
Swiftly flow the years
Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers
blossoming even as we gaze.”
Yeah, I just decided to quote a song for your comment.
Lyndas last blog post..Traveling
Grant
said:
on June 24, 2008 at 06:13 pmIf it makes you feel any better, I just got out of the hospital after emergency surgery. I have two drain tubes in my neck and have to carry an IV with me 24/7. I can stand unassisted, but I need help getting up the four steps to my apartment door. Feel younger yet, muffin?
Grants last blog post..Out Sick
Metalmom
said:
on June 24, 2008 at 06:43 pmLynda-Oy vey! You sing so nicely while I’m over here kvetching! Shame on me!
Metalmom
said:
on June 24, 2008 at 06:44 pmGrant-I wondered where you were. I just didn’t look hard for you cuz I figured one of your jbunnies finally locked you away for their own devious purposes! So sorry to hear that this was the reason!
Teri
said:
on June 25, 2008 at 07:53 amIt’s always very surreal. It’s scary.
Teris last blog post..Tina and her scooter
Metalmom
said:
on June 25, 2008 at 07:57 amTeri-That’s an excellent word to describe that feeling!
Finn
said:
on June 25, 2008 at 09:19 amWe may be old, but at least we don’t look it!
Finns last blog post..And Loving It!
Metalmom
said:
on June 25, 2008 at 11:21 amFinn-This is so true, Hot Stuff!
Loving Annie
said:
on June 25, 2008 at 02:53 pmIt sucks… I wish I could keep my wisdom and regain my looks/body from when I was 35
Loving Annies last blog post..Simultaneously Stood Up and Hit On
mixednut
said:
on June 25, 2008 at 04:23 pmNever older. Just better. Like a fine wine.
mixednuts last blog post..For Dawg
Metalmom
said:
on June 25, 2008 at 05:56 pmLovingAnnie-If only…….
Metalmom
said:
on June 25, 2008 at 06:00 pmmixednut-If wine gets too old, doesn’t it turn into vinegar?
Laurie
said:
on June 27, 2008 at 02:31 pmI am getting depressed and older by the minute reading how old everyone else feels. I am 37, never really thought that as old, but I also now have a 29 month old boy and man there are days I feel I need a nursing home just to get away and a jumbo bottle of hair dye.
Lauries last blog post..Prius Information Link
Metalmom
said:
on June 27, 2008 at 07:10 pmLaurie-I’m right there with you sweetie! Where can you find the “jumbo” bottle of hair dye? Buying it by the little bottle every other week just doesn’t cut it for me any more!