A little bit older....almost.

I got to celebrate a good friend's bday last week, which was a blessing! I hadn't seen the ladies for much too long and it was a treat for me to get to see them and hang out, even if I was a little hungover for work! Birthdays always get me thinking about stuff....


I got a little bit older today. Not technically, but it feels that way. My birthday isn't till Saturday, but I aged a little today.

I got glasses.

My eyes aren't that bad (20/30) and of course my LEFT eye is much better than my right (Leftys4Life!), but I have been having trouble for awhile seeing everything at night....did I just write that? "trouble seeing things at night?" Dear Lord, I AM getting older!

Although my swimsuit model days have been long behind me, I haven't felt older for a long time. Early 20's? No problem. 24 was just another year, 25 felt a little bit older, but still c'mon...I am (for another 2 1/2 days, by god) closer to 20 than 30. But with 26, wow, I really feel a little older. And not that that is all a bad thing. Some things about getting older are interesting, you realize things about life that would have never crossed your mind even a couple of years ago (and things that have been crossing your Mother's mind for years).

One thing I don't mind about getting older (and the glasses) is something I actually realized a few years ago, but hadn't thought about since then. This literally happened almost three years ago to the day. I was working in Colorado for six months, after my "break" from McM. I was working in the mountains, the leaves were changing and it was gorgeous. I was sitting in my work truck and looking around and noticed that things weren't as sharp as they could be. "I need glasses," I thought. I said just to myself and realized that I would really look more like Tony, my step dad. It is one of the great ironies of life that my step dad Tony and I look much more alike than anyone else in my family.

As I sat/sit t/here with that realization, that I'd look more like my Dad-Tony, I noticed that it didn't/doesn't bother me. I would welcome that comparison. Tony really is a very distinguished looking guy. I don't know how much more distinguished I look or anything, but I can see better! Three years it took me! Can ya say stubborn? Sometimes just getting things in focus can be a big deal.