This last Tuesday I turned 37. Uck. It doesn't even sound right, much less feel right. I can't be thirty-seven (did you notice I spelled it out in a lame attempt at making it look better). The reason I can't be you-know-what is because I am not yet ready to be, uh-hum, that age. I am still full of laughter. If you don't believe me, you can certainly ask anyone of my friends. They will tell you that I laugh at ridiculous things, simply to laugh. Like the time I was at the funeral home in Franklin. I went with my friend, Amy, on a week night. One of her relations was trying to show off her new purse and Amy ooohed and aaahed over the thing and then when the relation asked Amy if she knew the designer, Amy's face contorted and then she knew she had been busted, so she said, "I don't really know what you are talking about." Now, 37 year old people would have decorum and a tiny bit of grace when witnessing something like this; especially in a funeral home. Not me - I laughed until I snorted.
Also, I can't have been alive that long when I still want to do other things besides visit Wal-Mart on a Friday night. Although, I will readily admit that I have been seen there on a Friday night, it is with Jenny - when we feel an immediate need for something and no other place is open that can provide the need. (i.e., my kind of beer)
My point is - I still look at the world with wonder (mostly at people who can't possibly realize how twisted they appear), and like the fact that I still have just a tiny bit of innocence (pretend or not) in order to get my way. I am still very easily irritated - an older person has learned proper self discipline and is not in the habit of going for someone else's jugular in a moment of disgust.
All I am trying to say is that I am 37 and, quite frankly, feel 24. Too bad the dimples on my butt cheeks disagree. I am rolling my eyes as I say this because while I feel 24, my body is bound to disagree with everything I am saying. Oh well - tomorrow I will fight with it again at the gym and I am bound and determined to win this time. Until then - whatever.
