the age fairy

Traveling at 6 mph

While en route to my sister’s house I got caught in the traffic puddle that is Berkeley. Oop, here’s University Avenue. Everybody slam on your brakes and look around. You might see a hippie.

Stuttering along in stop and go traffic makes the mind wander. You’re not traveling physically so you may as well take a mind trip. While looking out at the sloshing bay and regretting the 20 ounce cup of tea I downed on the way, my mind bounced around all over the place. Here’s where it took me.

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So here it is. I’m 30. Just one day older than yesterday. Recently, over trough-sized margaritas at a restaurant bar, a friend said, “What if the numbering system we adopted had had an extra digit between 1 and 10. Then this year wouldn’t mean anything.” Totally arbitrary. Point taken. Another acquaintance said this: "’Day’ is a vestigial mode of time measurement based on solar cycles. It's not applicable.... I didn't get you anything.”

Just Like Old Times

On a Saturday night, I found myself in the living room in front of a fire with friends. Shawn was playing Hotel California on his guitar, trying to lull our toddler to sleep. Ana sang along while holding a skein of yarn apart on her hands. Cheryl stood before her carefully winding the yarn into a ball. I sat on the floor watching my crochet hook catch the firelight as I moved along on a project. The coffee table had four glasses of wine on it.

Just like old times, I thought.

A Long December

A long December and there's reason to believe
Maybe this year will be better than the last
I can't remember the last thing that you said as you were leaving
Oh the days go by so fast

Food for Thought

It's interesting to me how as you grow older, entertaining revolves more and more around food.

Raising Parents

So my dad gave me an awesome compliment yesterday. (I bet he didn't know it was going to show up here, but hey, that's the danger of having a kid for a writer. I keep threatening that I'm going to write a book about the family one day. So far they've escaped okay.)

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