The trouble with a new year

Jan 01, 2009 18:01

The trouble with the new year is that I'm definitely past forty.
The trouble with being past forty is that I have teenagers in the house.
The trouble with teenagers in the house is that they induce ageing.
Ten years ago, I don't have teenagers in the house.
Ten years ago, they were just kids in the house.
Ten years ago, I look ten years younger than my thirty years.
Ten years hence, I turned forty.
Ten years hence, the kids became teenagers.
Ten years hence, I feel (and fear I look) ten years older than my age.
Yep, having teenagers in the house aged me faster.

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