June 08, 2004
The Big Four-Zero
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Funny, I don't feel any different. But then, I never did put much stock in age milestones. Transitions are far more gradual than that, and don't usually fall in step with odometer changes.
Posted by Luis at June 8, 2004 11:09 AMYON-JUU!!! Ah yes, I remember mine (2 years ago) well. You will now care about the taste of Metamucil vs. Fibercon. All things bowel will now assume almost equal importance with all things uro-genital; one criterion for selecting a domicile will be whether it has a bathtub. You will start thinking about what you are going to do for retirement, and where, and how much you need to save. You will buy a red sportscar, or get a young girlfriend, or take up a new artform, or learn to cook or do woodworking or play guitar, or start gardening. You may well become obsessed with diet and health and start buying expensive fish oil (been there).
From now on you will wish you knew then what you know now, and that you could do now what you did then.
Welcome to the second chance!
Posted by: dveej at June 8, 2004 12:52 PM
Happy Birthday, Luis! I hope you've spent the day just as you'd have wanted to!
Posted by: Kinuk at June 8, 2004 04:27 PM
Congratulations, Luis!!
On the 11th anniversary of your 29th birthday! A milestone in anyone's life, for sure. ;-)
(Midway through the 16th anniversary of the same bday myself.)
And I agree with what dveej says; life does seem to start anew in many ways...
Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Ron at June 8, 2004 05:16 PM
Thanks, all! Actually, to be precise, I will turn 40 when it becomes 10:30 am PST (born in California). That would be, I believe, 2:30 a.m. tonight Tokyo time.
And unfortunately, though my schedule this semester is fantastic (Tuesday and Thursday 1:30 to 6:15, plus office hours), the change comes as I begin my workweek--and this week I come to school on Wednesday for pre-registration advising, so no real break until Friday. So I will be postponing any special celebration for the weekend.
Even at that, I'm not a person to celebrate birthdays much--probably just a nice dinner with a friend, a treat or two for myself, and a call from the folks. And, of course, some nice words from visitors to the site. :-) Thanks for that!
Posted by: Luis at June 8, 2004 07:08 PM
40 - NICE!
You've done some great things in that time, and man are you on a roll right now!
Keep on truckin,
Andrew
Posted by: Andrew at June 8, 2004 11:45 PM
Happy Birthday!
Posted by: UltraBob at June 9, 2004 10:03 AM
