Countdown To Retirement
Well, we are officially less than 24 hours away from my 30th birthday. That’s crazy! I don’t feel old enough to be 30! (We all know I don’t act it.) I have been told that your body doesn’t build new muscles after 30. I’m not sure I believe that, but I guess I better do a lot of sit-ups and pushups today just in case! My 20s were great. I had a blast. A lot happened in the past decade. These are just a few of the highlights.
- Did the college thing. Well, most of the college thing. For longer than most do the college thing.
- Moved to Texas and solidified the fact that I am not a Texan.
- Became a pastor.
- Bought a Jeep Wrangler.
- Switched from Windows to Mac. Never looking back.
- Met the girl of my dreams. Broke up with her.
- Re-met the girl of my dreams. Got a 2nd chance.
- Married her.
- Moved to California.
- Lived at the beach.
- Had Jessika Kaye James.
Like I said there are many more. But now I have to start looking forward. I apparently have to be an adult. But now that I am about to be over the hill, I will have to come up with new things to accomplish. I’m thinking things like the following:
- Bingo
- Reading The Newspaper
- Getting confused with this new-fangled cellular phone
- Hip replacement
- Dentures
- Daily Crosswords
- Pick out a headstone and start carving my eugoogoly
That seems like a good list to get started on. But I think I’ll wait to start on it until after I’ve had my morning coffee and senior citizen discounted grandslam breakfast from Denny’s at 4:15 AM. So until then I guess I’ll enjoy the last day of my 20s.
PS – for those of you that are planning on calling me on my birthday, please do it earlier in the day. I will be switching to my new “old man” bedtime of 6:25 PM starting Day 1 as well as adopting my new speed limit so don’t expect me early!
30? Baby.
ok now, sonny! i’ll be 40 in november and i dont feel it.
thing about the 20′s is there are so many “firsts” in that decade. monumental things you cant do-over. loved that part of it.
then i grieved that part of it when i turned 30. now that ive gone thru my 30′s, ive realized ive become a much more confident person. sure of who i am. and quite certain of who im not. which wouldve been helpful to me in my 20′s =o
but now…the 40 is looming. and i have no idea what to expect. i just might copy and paste your post here and use for myself.
happy birthday old man!!
Ha! Well my 20s was definitely packed decade. I expect the same for my 30s and 40s with kids running around and all. I guess we just have to wait and see! Feel free to steal the post and change the numbers! (You might change the names a bit, too.)