Jen’s Corner

In a little over four months, I'm going to be 40. The big Four-Oh. Age is just a number, but I've been noticing… changes that I'm not too thrilled with. One, of course, is the grey hair. Hoo boy I've got more grey than I need. Granted, it did start turning grey in my early 20's - but now it's probably at least 30-40% grey. I've been playing with color for so long, I'm not exactly sure, but the hair at my temples and roots is looking awfully grey.

The other change I'm not so thrilled about… … are the changes in my cycle. I've always been rock steady at 27-29 days; now I vary from 25-35 days. Before, I'd get some cramping every once in a while; now it's every time and a bit worse. Up until recently, my flow was relatively light; last month… well, I'd never soaked through a tampon quite that badly before. (Hey, don't blame me - you clicked the link!)

Also new is the two days of grumpy whinyness where anything that goes wrong is the End Of The World. o_O I'd rarely had PMS before, now (that I've figured out why I'm so teary) it tells me exactly when I'm going to start. It's disconcerting, because I'm not a person that cries easily. Tonight though, took me to Outback, so I'm considerably less disgruntled than I was earlier. Steak and a chunk of chocolate cake will do that for ya.

Anyway, I really can't complain - my uterus, though I have no use for it whatsoever, doesn't hate me nearly as much as some *cough**cough - for which I am forever grateful.

It's just… weird, this whole aging idea. I remember a day in third grade - there was some lesson or something that mentioned the year 2000, and I remember figuring out that I would be 33 that year. At 9 years old I couldn't conceive of being 20 let alone, 33. Now, I'm having the same problem wrapping my head around the fact that I'm going to be in my 40's. When I started with LiveJournal, my journal name was 30something. I'm surprised, yet pleased, that I'm still “journalling”, as it's something I've never really been able to do consistently. One could argue I'm not all that consistent here, either.
And… now I'm just rambling, which means it's time for bed. Oh - one thing (completely unrelated to aging) that amused me today: Our waiter at Outback (on his last day there and hilariously funny) told us that apparently there were a bunch of Outback executives and such from around the world in Austin this week. One from Australia. o_O Yes, apparently they've opened an Outback in Australia. I can't begin to fathom the amount of wrongness in that concept. I was highly amused.