Legal Commentary

Birthday Blues

By Jeralyn

Today is my birthday. I'm not feeling celebratory, I'm feeling old. One look in the mirror when you first wake up tells you enough to know with certainty that "60 is the new 40" is just another advertiser's pitch.

I'm glad I'll be in court all day because I don't want to even think about it. But the TL Kid wants to take me to dinner, and it's unfair to be negative with your child, so I intend to have a good time. He's the designated driver, so at least I can have a drink or two.

So between court and dinner, I won't be blogging today. On the bright side, at least I won't be hiding in bed.

No gifts are required, but if you'd like to send something to make me feel better, you can do it through paypal here, or an Amazon gift card here. And who knows, maybe someone will decide to get me the Mac pro I've been wanting for more than a year when my last one got stolen.

In any event, enjoy your day, and for those of you in a younger decade, enjoy yourselves now, before you have things like skyrocketing health insurance premium bills (when you've never been sick) and threats of decreased social security to worry about.

I promise to be in better spirits after today is over. And if any of you believe your life is better after 50 than it was before, I'd like to hear why.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on September 28, 2010 (boomark / email).