Life is Speeding By!

I had Linda Tesser and her daughter, Melissa, from our CR campus come by to discuss the upcoming Northgate 5k race. We had a great meeting and Linda is going to apply her gifts in promotion and publicity to this charity event.
However, in the midst of the meeting I was shocked to learn that Melissa is going for her N (driving) and is heading into grade 12 at Campbell River Christian School! It seems she was this shy 12 year old last week!
Our daughter Anika turns 10 tomorrow. I can remember holding her as we brought her home to our house on Larwood Rd. in Campbell River. Jess Campbell was babysitting Alexandra while I was at the hospital with Shanda. A tradition we began with Alexandra is that we take them out to their choice of dining on their 'double-digit' birthday. Anika has chose Avenue in Comox as one of her friend's family says it is wonderful. So off we will go.

The point of all this is that life just seems to be zooming by. I looked at a piece of paper today that had my age on it. It was kind of amazing to see my age as 37. I just got married last week, didn't I?
Alexandra is turning 12 in August. Anika is 10. Our youngest will be 8 in the fall. We have been married 16 years. We have lived on the Island for 13 years. 6 years in Courtenay.

I don't feel any older, but apparently I am! Soon I'll be sending a daughter off to college instead of youth group!

In light of the rapidity of aging, I post this list of "You know You're Getting Old When..."


Your back goes out more than you do.
The twinkle in your eye is only the reflection of the sun on your bifocals.
You finally got your head together, now your body is falling apart.
Your supply of brain cells is finally down to a manageable size.
You don't care where your wife goes, just so you don't have to go along.
It takes twice as long to look half as good.
Many of your co-workers were born the same year that you got your last promotion.
People call at 9 PM and ask, "Did I wake you?"
The clothes you've put away until they come back in style... have come back in style.
You look forward to a dull evening.
Your mind makes contracts your body can't keep.
The pharmacist has become your new best friend.
There's nothing left to learn the hard way.
You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room.
Your idea of a night out is sitting on the patio.
You look for your glasses for half-an-hour, then find they've been on your head all the time.
You wake up, looking like your driver's license picture.
Happy hour is a nap.
You begin every other sentence with, "Nowadays..."
You constantly talk about the price of gasoline.
Your childhood toys are now in a museum.
You can't remember the last time you laid on the floor to watch television.
You got cable for the weather channel. Old Folks MTV!
Your new easy chair has more options than your car.
You find yourself beginning to like accordion music.
You have too much room in the house and not enough in the medicine cabinet.