We're Getting Older

I frequently say depressing things like "you've been dying since the minute you were born." Or, "getting older everyday!" People kind of look at me strangely...or they agree. But regardless of how you say it, no one can deny that as the days drag on, everyone is getting older.

There are a couple of things that have changed throughout the years, for me anyway. But then again, I am way more mature than most people my age. And I have a big ego. And I'm perfect. But I digress....

I love people (excluding douches, obviously). I have a lot of friends who I like to keep around. My social web is getting larger every week, and sometimes I wonder how I'll ever keep up with it. However, over the years, I've been getting better at keeping in loose contact with people. It used to be my theory that if you didn't talk to someone at least once a week, you couldn't be friends. But that has changed - try once a year now...or once a decade...

Yesterday something hit me in the face and got sucked into my body, along with 4 Miller Lites and 2 Red Headed Sluts. I've started looking at friends differently. There are certain people that I know are just gonna be around for the next 30 years (or longer depending on our health). And I'm not talking the "we're BFFFs - best friends foreva, foreva!" attitude you have when your 12, until reality slaps you across the face and you realize most middle/high school students are superficial, backstabbing, bastards. Again, I digress.

When I thought of this, I was thinking about one person in particular, but it applies to so many more people in my life. Shortly after I got home (I almost biked into a car. I think it was a combination of the mass amount of alcohol I consumed in an hour and the powerful 75 mph winds) I got a text from the person that made me realize I have long-term friends:

"P.s. I love you, and I hope you're resigned to being life long friends. For cereal."

Doesn't that just make your heart melt?

Also, as we are getting older, we stop forwarding those "this is a really funny but crude joke" emails, and start sending news articles to our friends. Like this one, that outlines how many mistakes hospitals make and how you can help yourself receive the correct surgery, rather than an amputation.

It's a serious concern because as we get older, there are less people to watch out for us.

I'm sure there is much more that will change as life goes on. Whether we're ready for it or not. For now, I'm going to dream of a nap. And tonight, I will arrive in Central PA to visit the hillbillies and rednecks. And grow one more day older.

"Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place." -Abigail Van Buren