I’ve hated birthdays since the year I turned 25. I woke up that morning and realized that I was a quarter of a century old. After that, when my birthday rolled around, I stayed in bed all day if I could manage it.
Strangely, on the day I turned 50 I got up laughing. I went on-line and joined AARP. I then booked two business trips using my AARP discount! My husband is younger than I am, but because I joined, he became an instant member. He told me, “Hey, I ‘grandmothered’ in!” Ha ha. I didn’t think it was funny.
I’m not laughing today. So, I decided that instead of writing anything pithy I would just go with the flow. It is what it is.
QUOTES ABOUT AGING:
“The identification of old age with growing old must be avoided. Growing old is an emotion which comes over us at almost any age. I had it myself between the ages of 25 and 30” –
E.M. Forster
“When a woman tells you her age, it’s all right to look surprised, but don’t scowl.”—
Wilson Mizner
“”Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven’t committed.”—
Anthony Powell.
“I’m celebrating my 75th birthday, which is sort of embarrassing because I’m 85.”—Victor Borge
“I’m having a glorious old age. One of my greatest delights is that I have outlived most of my opposition.”—Maggie Kuhn
Many years ago there was a fad of “flocking” a yard with pink plastic flamingos. There is a site called Useless Information that has an interesting article titled, “So Tacky, Yet So Cool” if you’d like to read about them. If you just have to acquire a pink flamingo, Flamingo Mania has them and MANY more tacky items with flamingos on them. Just so you will know.
I’m not all that crazy about plastic flamingos, so I’m putting this photo from my family albums taken in Nassau in 1993 on the page just for me.
But, I really prefer the picture of the albino peacock taken the same day.
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
And FINALLY, even though I don’t believe in this junk, I got my horoscope and my tarot reading from MSN Astrology.
I picked three tarot cards which the computer read this way:
Love: The Wheel of Fortune
Touchstone: The Lovers
Career: Death
Today, dear Shelly, you turn into a detective, desperate to know what the cards have in store. Spurred on by the Wheel of Fortune, you feel the need to understand what’s slowing things down in your social life. You interrogate people left, right and center; you analyze each situation in minute detail. And what do you find? That the Lovers are casting their troublesome influence over your relationships… In your professional life, doubts and uncertainty are paralyzing you and preventing you from reacting reasonably to the changes that are taking place. Bearing in mind the influence from Death and the Lovers, you have to accept that this is a rather challenging phase for your. Frustration and disillusionment could take over from your usual optimism – and that would be a bad mistake. Try instead to rekindle your enthusiasm, as this will help you turn around the situation to your advantage.
I tried several different horoscopes at different sites, until I found one I could stomach. Here’s mine for today:
“The energy that has propelled you forward for the past several weeks may seem to lag a bit today, causing you a momentary panic that your progress will be unable to continue. As a result, you could be feeling a bit blue. Don’t fall into this trap, dear Pisces. The pace has been so fast that it had to slow down sometime. It’ll pick up again, and you’ll have had some time to catch your breath. Hang in there!”
I’m hanging.
