Feeling old

Yep. Time is catching up to me. Performing my lector duties in church today, for the first time I whipped out my reading glasses. Well, they aren't actually reading glasses, but those magnifying eyeglasses sometimes referred to as "cheaters." Since the new contacts, which do great for anything over about 3 feet, and are passable for some reading, I prefer to wear the cheaters when reading on the computer, or with books. Once I am in for the night, though, it is simpler to remove my contacts and wear my old glasses.

Other things that make me feel old - my oldest gave blood for the first time today. Hooray! for her - we were going to try to get her exempted since she turns 17 in two days, but they just recently reduced the age requirement to 16. She did fine, but then got up too soon and had to unexpectedly lie down on the floor. Now she is all tired out and wants dinner early so she can go to bed.

My youngest on the other hand decided she wanted to ride her bike to the "other house", which is what we call my sister-in-law's house, about 100 yards up the street. Not out of the ordinary, you say? Well, she never learned to ride a bike. We worked on it a few times, but nothing came together. She rode up and back, up and down the street like a pro. Her comment - Dad, I can ride a scooter, so why couldn't I ride a bike?" I forget this generation grew up on wheels, with roller blades, wheelies in the heels of their sneakers, and scooters, so the balance thing is pretty much second nature.

And finally, one more girl making me feel old. The daughter of my oldest and dearest friends graduated from college today! Many congratulations to her (and her parents). She and I will share divergent research projects this summer. She is going back to Alaska to study sticklebacks (something she did last summer as well) while I will be in Australia studying sharks. Fish, although wildly different sorts, since sharks are non-bony fish, and sticklebacks are teeny tiny.

But they all taste like chicken.