January 04, 2009

A pirate looks at 40

Oh, wait, that's not me...no desire to be a pirate. (I may have made enough money to buy a condo in Miami, but I pissed it away so fast...)

I hit 40 at 4:30-something this morning, and I was in fact awake, since I have a nasty cold that is interfering mightily with my ability to lie down, which is interfering mightily with sleep.

Forty doesn't feel any different than 39 did.

A lot of people have asked me what I am doing to celebrate this birthday...apparently you should go on a safari or bungee jumping or buy yourself a sports car for turning 40. A Mustang would be cool, but I just bought a new engine motor mount for the Focus, so I might as well stick with it. Besides, it's paid for.

We thought about going to Ocean City this weekend so I could have a birthday dinner at my favorite restaurant, but today's weather report wasn't promising, and the dog got sick, and now I'm sick, so I'm glad we stayed home.

I may venture out to a drug store for Sudafed, or I may stick with herbal teas and watching football from the couch. It's still a happy birthday.

I could do without the cold, true. But at the risk of sounding melodramatic or maudlin, I spent last September worried that I had cancer. Getting the clean pathology report back did wonders for my perspective on getting old...which is to say, it beats the hell out of not getting old.

Posted by Nic at January 4, 2009 07:46 AM | TrackBack
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Happy birthday to you! I love your spirit (and could learn a thing or two from it)!

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