Oh my where has the time gone!!!
I can’t believe it is almost 2008! It seems like just yesterday it was 1999 and the end was near! Since graduating college and getting married, I have noticed one thing. Time moves way to fast when you stay in one spot for more then 5 years.
While in College, I bounced from university to university until finally settling down to get a degree at Cal State Sacramento, Sac State as we called it. There I met my best friends Scott and Steve. I still know them today but have not been able to see in quite some time. Finally went to see Steve and Scott together this last October, it was great. I just wish I could stay longer. You see in addition to seeing them both to celebrete Steve’s 40th b-day that weekend was my 20th year reunion for San Ramon High School. I was able to see my high school buddies that I have not seen in about 15 plus years, play golf and get hammered. That was my 2 day trip! It was absolutely crazy, I drove about 6 hours and partied about 30 and remember only the flight home. Boy time flies!
Observation:
Working at schools as a teacher I see and hear the same type of things I said when I was in High School, “Ill keep in-touch” and “ohhhh… we will be friends forever”. The truth is only a few of us stayed as friends and while we still “keep in-touch” it usually takes a few years to reconnect. We all grow and We all grow apart. Lets face it not all loved ones like our friends. In fact most hate each other and think they are trying to take us away. To where I dont know.
Feelings:
I don’t feel old but there are signs every year that Im getting old. I think it is because I work with children that helps me feel young most of the time. Sometimes my wife will say, “Grow up! Stop acting like an 8th grader.” I usually reply by sticking out my tongue or making fart noises. I think it keeps her feeling young as well having to deal with me.
One sign that Im getting old is the term “Classic Rock”. When I was growing up, in high school anyway, the term Classic Rock meant bands like Frampton, Pink Floyd, Zeppelin and Hendrix (just to name a few). Now ”Classic Rock” includes: Nirvana, Green Day, U2, Pearl Jam and Sherryl Crow. The fact is, I love all those bands so I don’t care if its classic or new as long as they keep playing the music.
Another sign that time is moving too fast is the amount of doctor’s appointments you have. As a kid I remember going to the doctor only if I’m hurt or sick as a dog. Know they call you in for annual check-ups and any time your prescription is due. Let me be the first to say, “They suck!” and spendy too! Yes, I do have insurance but few insurance policies that are affordable pay for everything. It might sound like I’m complaining, but who isn’t when it comes to health insurance. Did my dad have to pay this much when he was older? I don’t remember. And that is just another sign of getting older, besides my complaining!
One day Ill get old and admit it. Until then I wont wait, Ill continue to have the time of my life and hope the money outlasts me.
Well jnstrom, I just started a first blog this last week. No one has commented so I thought at least I’d comment on yours.
I’m a bit older than you but not necessarily wiser.
Recently I heard someone say; When you are young days fly by but a year seems long. But when you’re old, the years fly by but a day seems long. Not my experience.
Time seems to accelerate no mater if you are having a slow day or are immersed in the flow and oblivious to times passage.
I am in my mid fifties but I have already outlived my parents by 80 something years. Well, if you add each parents time of being gone from my life as if one could do such a thing and get away with it. But I have outlived both of them by over ten years each in age and have no real reference for aging.
In consciousness I feel the same as in first grade, something static about being aware in space-time even though experiences and role changes offer opportunity to alter ones identity, at what point does ones life become an “act”.
Newscast anouncers from mid century still had a certain way of speaking that seems to have gone. Was that how people really spoke then or was that newscaster caste speach?
I believe you are both that young person you seem and experienceing all the environment and entropy that has us look back in wonder at the vanishing act of our past. Keep up the good aging.
That’s enough comment.
Hey my first comment!
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