Most of the time I don't really think about how old I am. I just am. But every once in a while it really hits you. It is graduation season, which reminds me that it has now been 17 years since I graduated from high school. Only three more years until I hit the 20-year milestone. It is mind-blowing to me to realize that I am getting old enough to be reminiscing about things that happened twenty years ago and not be talking about childhood.
I was somewhat unusual as a child, I think, in that I didn't want to be older than I was. I never longed to be 16 so I could drive, or 18 so I could get into R-rated movies, or 21 so I could drink, or whatever. Not that I didn't appreciate these and other privileges (I was more the type that looked forward to being able to vote than drink, anyway), but I was happy to wait it out. I was glad not to have to worry about having to pay bills, and taxes, and all that stuff. I actually appreciated my childhood at the time. I'm not sure it really made any difference, though. I still got old.
Posted by ldfs at June 4, 2004 4:26 PM | TrackBack