Ah, Youth
"You're closer to 40 than 30, you know." "J.D., I'm 28." (one of my favorite Scrubs quotes)
I feel like I am prematurely aging. I know I'm still hanging on to my 20s for dear life. But recent events make me think that others might not know that. Observe...
Who can forget the airport security guard last fall who thought my sister Hannah was my daughter.
A coworker asked a while ago how old I was and when I said 29 she was shocked. "Really, you're only 29?" As you can imagine that has echoed in my head...not unlike the jack in the box sequence from the movie Elf, with the shrieking laughter and visual distortion. YOU'RE ONLY 29(...9...9...9)?!?! She later said she thought I must have been older because I have 3 kids. Nice save. (she is 30) I'm sure I didn't sound indignant at all when I added "I JUST turned 29, by the way." Actually I blamed my haircut, which, while not particularly matronly, is very short and sometimes that's associated with age. Probably time to update the ol' highlights.
I want to clarify that I have nothing against aging. I actually love aging. Aging is the best. I have loved every age I have been so far and don't expect that to change. I just don't want people to think I'm 10 to 20 years older than I am. It makes me feel like I'm doing something wrong. Like my fleeting youth was so fleeting that it has now completely escaped me, sooner than it might have if I would just grow out my hair and shop at Forever 21 more often.
Since I can't do much to combat my premature outward aging other than upping the sunscreen dosage, I am trying to stay young at heart. I'm a little behind the times on the pop culture, but sleeping until noon, eating 3 bowls of Rice Chex in a row, and watching the Brady Bunch marathon still sounds like a great way to spend a Saturday. If you're only as old as you feel, then every Saturday I am 14 because that's what I felt like doing then and that's what I feel like doing now. The difference of course being that I don't actually do it. If I did, it would probably lose its charm. I like to think so anyway.
4 comments:
I long for lazy Saturdays too!
You don't look old. She's probably just jealous you're so tiny and cute. (assuming she is not )
This was so funny to read, and so wildly off-base! I am floored anyone thought you were out of your 20s. That woman is the only person on earth who could think that. People have weird lapses sometimes.
wait I am older than you?!? it always surprises me when women with more children than me are younger than me. i'm like - where did you find the time to have all these kids and experience your 20's? and then i realize you didn't have all the fun single ward times i did, and i don't feel so bad. :)
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