24
Apr
2008

Today is the last day that I'll be "in my 30's". When I wake up tomorrow, I'll have hit the big four-oh.

I'd like to think I won't be too weirded out by it all, but it's already hitting me a little bit. Feeling kinda... dunno really. Just weird .

My company gives employees the day off on their birthday, so a three-day weekend will be nice. Taking the family camping (our first camping outing). There's a nice campground not too far from here. It's about a 40 minute drive. 20 minutes horizontally, then 20 minutes vertically up a mountain. We drove there a couple of weekends ago to scope out the campsites, and reserved one that overlooks a lake.

Should be a fairly serene setting to reflect on being old. I'll be completely "off-the-grid". No computer, no internet, and no cell (I'll have the phone but I'm not expecting any signal). The serenity may not actually start until i finish pitching the tent (which i expect to be wholly comical and probably contain some NSFW language). But the rest of it should be pretty cool.

40. Ugh.

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  1. Jim Priest's Gravatar

    # Posted Jim Priest on 4/24/08 4:32 PM

    Make sure to pack the Geritol and depends. Once you hit 40 it's all downhill :) Upside - time for a mid-life crisis where you need to buy a Harley or mid-engine convertible :)

  2. Scott P's Gravatar

    # Posted Scott P on 4/24/08 4:34 PM

    heh - he said pitch a tent

  3. Paul Marcotte's Gravatar

    # Posted Paul Marcotte on 4/24/08 4:49 PM

    Bah, 40 is the new 30. Hello new 30's!

  4. Kathy's Gravatar

    # Posted Kathy on 4/26/08 5:45 PM

    Happy Birthday Old Man.

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