March Who’s DDM?

When are you officially in your mid-thirties? I turn 34 this month and I am determined to argue that I am still in my early thirties. I think that you are in the middle of a decade once you hit the five mark. So next year, at 35, I will be in my mid-thirties. Until 38. And then it will be the late thirties. For one year. Given that this is my last year of being in the ‘early’ part of a decade, I will make sure I try and make the most of it. I don’t want to get old.

I am going to try and conceal the bags under my eyes. Because people in their early thirties should not have deep, dark, lines around their eyes. No way. Maybe I should try and use a little ‘light’ foundation to even out the look of my skin. Because right now I usually look in the mirror and curse as I find a new line every now and then. The ‘now’ and ‘then’ are getting much closer together, for some weird reason.

Because I am still in my early thirties, I have to act like it. I am young and spry. So what is this wanting to go to bed at 7:30 pm business? Heck! The night is still young! I should be able to keep going until at least 11:00 pm. And then be able to get up at the crack of dawn and go for a 45 minute run! For some reason I have a hard time making it to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno anymore, in fact it has been years, and there is no way I can get up before 7:00 am.  I need more Wheaties. Or maybe some Red Bull because that is the drink of choice for the young people now, right? I fit in that category.

There is no excuse for not doing tons of non-stop fun activities with the three Wee Ladies in my early thirties. I am still full of piss and vinegar. I should have them flowing from the craft table to the kitchen to bake, to the backyard to play, and then to take them on in a solid game of the Mommy Trap where I wrestle them down to the ground. Why would I ever need to turn the TV on during the day? Why would I ever have to give them a box of crayons and a piece of paper and tell them to go to town while I take a few minutes out? Why would I ever need a break when I am still so young and full of energy? I should be able to keep up with a 5, 2, and 1 year old!

I have trouble keeping up. I may be young and I may be in my early thirties still. But I even find it difficult to keep up with the retired folks who can make it through until past midnight after having consumed a bottle of wine, to themselves, and played Sequence with their friends. And who can easily get up before dawn to take a 3 mile walk. What is wrong with me?

I have three Wee Ladies. EvieG, Spark Plug, and The Destroyer are energy sucking machines.

Maybe I should say I am in my mid-thirties. Because apparently the older you get, the more energetic you become.

They say 40 is the new 30 and 50 is the new 40.

I know it will just keep getting better.

All’s I’m sayin’s all.

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