After reading Liz’s post on getting old(er), I felt enlightened again!
Grammar: a year ago I started GMS-ing. I decided to ignore Romanians who don’t know how to write in Romanian.
Forgiving: in the same manner, I don’t forgive so easily anymore. I erase people from my life as easily as I zap through TV channels. I have learned in 37 years that once people make 2 mistakes, people always make mistakes.
Diet: 3 years ago I realized no diet works for me! I will weigh 65-70 kg for the rest of my days.
The Internet: it makes me happy. It used to annoy me 5 years ago.
Age: When I tell people I am 37 (I started being 37 2 years ago) they compliment me on the way I look! (oh, you look so much younger!). This happened for the first time when I turned 35. For so many years no one complimented me… I wonder why does this happen? Pity?
Girl: I feel funny when someone calls me: hey, girl! I feel like turning my head to see if my daughter is behind me.
Friendships: ….and still, I suddenly feel very close to people of the same age and sex as me! Although I sometimes realize the only thing that connects us is age…and I enjoy calling them: girl!
Going out: I realize that these are the last years I have the chance to go out, so I hysterically drag my child to all kinds of concerts I like, so maybe one day she will take me with her, too! (if I behave, probably!).
Talking to 20 year old’s: I started calling people “kids”. It works in Romanian! When they politely say: “but you are not that old to call me kid…” I answer: “I am 37”. There is a weird silence before they all explode into: “ohhh, I couldn’t tell, you look much younger” compliments…
Hannah Montana: I don’t understand how a 9 year old can like Hannah Montana and Aesthetic Perfection at the same time cause I only like AP…
Traveling: I book as many low cost flights as I can, even though I end up not using them.
Movies: I watch too many vampire movies for my age, but I don’t find that weird! (Well, I always liked vampires and similar legends full of heroes and lovely fairies).
Music: I know Depeche Mode is a legend already (:(), so I try to reprioritize for live acts! Thank God for German electro bands!
Patience: I am getting more and more patient with children, friends, students and clients every day. Still, the patience to listen to things I am not interested in or watching movies I don’t like is proportionally decreasing.
Importance: things in my life are increasingly being categorized as: important and the rest.
Happiness 1: I am happy when I see my child, my family, my friends, my colleagues, when I listen to music, when I accomplish something, or when I visit a new place. I can’t think of anything else right now.
Happiness 2: I am happy when I see 20 year old girls look like walking disasters.
Clothes: I wear anything I feel like wearing! It’s the last 2 years (or it was a long time ago…lol) I can do that.
Passion: I sometimes feel my passion for the things I love and my work doesn’t go with my age anymore. But my passion prevails, like Depeche Mode’s Strangelove!
This is me now. Not for long!
