08/09/10

so .... 08/09/10 .... seems like another y2k, waiting for something important to happen, for all our systems to shut down, for the world to come to an end?! Doesn't it? Doesn't it seem like such a 'nostradamas' type of day that you should sit on your front porch waiting for some miracle to occur, or for some large stone from space to come hurdling towards earth to wipe us all out, or aliens to invade .... come on, ... 08/09/10, doesn't it seem like a cool date where something special should happen? Well, give me 40 minutes ..... because as I type this we have approximately 40 minutes before 08/09/10 is official, and approximately 40 minutes until ... wait for it ... I'm 40!

So there it is, so far it's 08/09/10 somewhere, and I'm already 40 and the world didn't implode, we're all still here ... so how does one feel turning 40? I feel like I should have some important wisdom to leave the younger generations, but I don't - I'm still searching for that wisdom from my own parent(s) .... I feel like I should have done it all and although I have 3 amazing kids and awesome husband, I still haven't climbed a mountain, gone sky diving or rode an elephant ......

The clock is ticking, we now have 35 minutes for the big 4-0 ...... in our time zone anyway .... still not sure how to feel ... I know when I turned 26 it was hard because I was no longer in my early twenties, I was in my 'late' twenties .... Good Lord, now I'm almost (in 33 minutes) going to officially be in my fourties.

I wish I could remember when my mom turned 40, there was no hoopla (that I was aware of) but I think it would be helpful to me to know where she was at this age ....

well, the countdown is on ... I think I'll go get a beer out of hubbie's garage beer fridge, and sit on the front porch and watch the sky for 08/09/10, because I want to be there if something big happens ...