Yesterday I stepped on my scale and what I saw shocked me. I have one of those fancy glass electronic scales that keeps track of everything from your last weight to the percent of fat in your body. I have no idea why I bought it. Frankly, if I had realized the number that would come up when I asked it to tell me how much of me is fat, I would never have even considered buying it. That's a number I *really* don't need to know. Anyway, when I stepped on the scale it kind of started blinking on and off, then it told me I weighed 270 lbs. What? Then, for no apparent reason other than to be mean, it displayed "Old". I am not kidding. This is my face right now... :- That is really what it said. It's bad enough it told me I weigh nearly 300 lbs, but then to tell me I'm OLD!!!!?????
I have to admit. I'm getting to *that* age. No one cards me at the grocery store anymore. (I say "grocery store", because having 2 children, I spend a lot of time there and I don't ever go to a bar!) Young men that hold the door for me call me "ma'am". And worst, my insanely gullible mother-in-law barely believes me when I tell her I'm 29. Ok, she still believes it, but in a couple of years she might not! I still tell people my dad's old adage, "I don't trust anyone over 30". Unfortunately, I'm getting really untrustworthy!
So my question is, how did I get here? Why do I still feel like a kid? When will I feel my age? My outsides are obviously showing it, but in my brain I'm still 23. Ok, so maybe I don't have the memory I once did, and maybe I occasionally shake my head at teenagers and ask what they were thinking, but I still feel like a kid myself. Hmm, maybe I just need to get my scale new batteries......
