Another way that I can tell I am getting old is that I wear flats. I NEVER wore flats until about a year or 2 ago. I am very short and flats just didn't do it for me. I liked the height and pizazz that heels gave me. Now I hate wearing heels. They hurt my freaking feet. 80% of the time now you can find me wearing these:
My comfy rainbows rarely leave my feet and they are starting to show it. I need a new pair!
Another way I can tell I am getting old is that my boobs aren't where they used to be. They almost needed no support back in the day and now you can definitely tell when I am not wearing a bra. A few years ago I read something about the pencil test. If you place a pencil under your boob and it falls out then your boobs were perky. Mine passed that test not too long ago, but when I tried it again recently they both failed miserably.
In exactly one month I will turn 30! I will no longer be a twenty-something. I'm sad. I really enjoyed my twenties. I had A LOT of fun. Learned a lot. Grew up a lot. I'm sad to be leaving this decade behind. I also feel like I failed a little. I didn't get married in my twenties like I thought I would. I didn't have a baby in my twenties like I thought I would. And I am getting a little nervous that I may have run out of time to have the life I dreamed of with a huge family, the loving husband, and the big house with two cars.
But I guess this gives me a lot to look forward to in my thirties. Hopefully I will fall in love and have some babies. But if not, I know God has something just as good in store for me. I'm really trying to enter this next decade with optimism, but in all honesty, I wish I could drag my twenties out just a little longer.
In a way I am....if you look at The List you will realize there is no way I can mark everything off in the next month. The "travel abroad" and "Mission trip" and "Find a job I love" ones took up a lot more time and energy than I thought. I also think I was a little overly-ambitious trying to do all of these things in just 2 years. So I am taking my whole 30th year to say goodbye to my twenties and finish the list. Even if there are all these signs that I am officially getting old!
2 comments:
You should be proud of your accomplishments! Even if you didn't complete the list you still were able to check off most of it. Life is one day at a time and in some cases one hour, minute, second... Not everything goes as planned and I think that's what keeps us on our toes!
Looking back if I would have done everything I had planned then I wouldn't have my own house, a husband... But there are things I really wish I would have accomplished like getting my Masters, moving out of the state...
Hang in there! You're not old by any means! *HUG*
Ha, I was old 10 years ago then because I've been getting gray hair for about that lond (a family trait) and well my boobs haven't been perky since I was maybe 11 years old. I can tell you I've been 30 for all of 3 months now and I love it so much better than my 20s. Sure my 20's were fun and exciting, but I am 100% convinced that the 30's is where its at.
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