Getting older...

I turned 43 last Friday (the 13th).
I remember when I turned 16. I couldn't wait back then to be in my 30s. I thought when I turned 30 or 35, I'd have everything figured out.
I'd have a great career, I'd be in love, I'd have a car that actually ran, I'd be confident and savvy about the world.
Well, 35 has come and looooonnnnng gone.
When does all that confident/savvy stuff kick in?
I still feel like I'm writing with crayons and the rest of the world's got a Treo.
Sigh.

Oh, and how do you post more photos on these sites?

Anyone? Anyone?
Posted by loishenry Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 11:06
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a stripper pinata... i was thinking the same thing!!!
We can have a stripper pinata?!
I wish I could go to the Paso wine fest. But I'm stuck here.

No strippers, Olivia! We'll have a pinata instead.
Your @ss had to be pregnant...couldn't even party with your comadre. I had fun that night. Funny thing is that I was suppose to be moarning but totally forgot that I had turned 30 that day.
I tried to get strippers but i got shot down!!!! Man, whats so bad about strippers anyways??!

yea I remember you were getting pretty toasted on your birthday! driving around in a big hummer limo! I didn't even get that when I was 30!! In fact, the only limo I have been in is the one for a funeral!!
I know Vicki, just let me know when it is and I will be there. Any strippers? On my 30th I told my husband that I will be moarning my 20's away so I need to hang with the girls. And I did and drank alot of wine,,,wanted to dance on tables but behaved myself. I was thinking since Wine Fest in Paso is coming up in a month we can do a girls day out and go drink lots of wine, til' our teeth turn purple.
Well, there is a certain, "eh, whatever" attitude that comes with age that is liberating. Learning not to sweat the small stuff is definitely  a vintage thing.
That's why I need a drink from ur vino collection!
Jeeze...and you're only 35...that's seriously LAME

I can't even remember what I was doing on my 35th B-day. (and NO not because it was so long ago!) because I was HAMMERED!
yea sofia you need to come to Vicki's wedding shower because you DO know her! that way we can raid Lois' wine collection!

and why didn't you organize some limo ride with ALL OF US to paso for your b-day?!!

for my bday, i had dinner with my family and some friends.. Sofia was there... she was really sick but she showed up anyways...

Oh but I got a flat tire on the way there and my sister sophie gave me a lift from the flat-tire location only to almost get run over by another crazy driver!

that was the highlight of my b-day... i didn't get drunk.. i didn't dance on any tables... i didn't get into some alley cat fight.... and i didn't sing my heart out at some bar thinking i knew how to sing when i really don't...

my life has become boring!!
You better be coming for Vicki's shower....don't know her? Well you know me and olivia!!! That's good enough isn't it?

Happy Belated Birthday Lois. You look great for 43, I thought you were 35 :)

Paso Robles, Oh how I miss Paso..If you want someone to share that wine call me.

Well, we had wheels, but we didn't have CELL PHONES, or COMPUTERS, or even ANSWERING MACHINES.

Yikes, that is STINKIN' OLD!!!

Ha!

43? wow! When you were born was the wheel invented? Just kidding. Actually I'm repeating  one of the many things my 7 and 8 year old ask me. And they aren't kidding when they ask. They honestly think I'm THAT OLD! ha. I think, "When you were a little girl, was t.v. invented?" is another question they've asked me.

I can honestly say that although getting old sucks, it beats the alternative!.

Yeah, well, here's how OLD I am. Last night my mother told me she no longer worries about me and my crazy antics.

That's sad when your mom pretty much knows you're home in bed by 10 p.m.

I think SHE's out later than me nowadays!
when your get older , you get better
Oh...that's right. I forgot.

But wait, I STILL DON"T HAVE A TREO!!!!!!!
(was I this whiny when I was 16?)

And Happy B-day to you. What did you guys do?

Larry and I went to Paso Robles for the day and hit TEN (10!) wineries!

So we have lots of wine to share.
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!!!
But I am confused -- you got a great career, a great hubby, some great lovable friends and dogs.... plus you got a cool Toyota truck and you're in GREAT shape! I am jealous! I turned 35 and yes, I have a Treo but you still kick my butt in running!