Getting Old

As many of you are aware, I am turning 50 in the next few weeks, and to say the least, I am not very happy about it.  The only good thing, is that my sisters are OLDER than me (ha ha).  When I turned 30, I was OK, when I turned 40, I was OK, but 50....sucks!  Here is why!

1.  If it doesn't hurt, it is stiff and sore.  Between my knees and shoulder hurting, and my hip being sore, it is just hard to move around.  WHY do you ask.  I asked the doctor the same question and he said well it is just because you are getting older and things wear out.  As you can imagine I am not going to that doctor any more (the SOB).  Even if it is true, a little bed side manner is required.

2.  Why is everything on my body 1 - 3 inches lower than it should be.  Why at 50 do things just go south.  It is bad enough that stuff hurts, but when stuff starts moving to the floor, that just pisses me off.  It hurts just to write about the 'girls' (so I am not)....that one has to be the worst. 

3.  Where my memory has gone is a mystery.   The only funny thing about it is that I cannot remember what I forgot!

4.  The only good thing about not being able to remember, is that you forget the things you can't see.  When I turned 40, I needed reading classes, now, I need reading classes ALONG with glasses just to see in general. 

5.  My daughter has turned 30.  Yep, I am old enough to have a child who is 30.  But she will always be my 'baby girl'.

6.  When your son says, 'you are to old to do that'.....yep, that hurts.

7.  Almost everyone I work with is old enough to be my child.  They all seem to be in their 20s and early 30s.  Why, oh why is the world so cruel.

8.  When the doctor says, 'it is time for a colonoscopy.  I told John we should do it together.  Nothing like dual colonscopies to make a couple close.  He said NO! 

9.  I am now officially closer to death than birth.  You can't double your age and think you will still be alive.  Pleasant thought isn't it!

10.  Trying to figure out when I will go through menopause.  Yeah, hot flashes, mood swings, weight gain....yep that sounds like A LOT of fun.

I could go on and on but I am already crying.