Ever have one of those days...
It started when I was running errands this morning.
The songs on my normal Sirius XM channel of choice just sounded too familiar; so, I flipped the channel to Classic Rewind. Hearing music from my late elementary through high school years referred to as "classics" just didn't sit well. It made me feel old...but not in a proud or wise way. I began to wonder if this was how my dad felt when we would be listening to Oldies 94.1, back when I was a kid; the music from his teens and early 20's being referred to as "golden oldies." He was only in his mid-to-late 30's at the time. I'm 41. It made me think about how I remember his 40th birthday party, I was 14 at the time. If I'm lucky enough to ever have kid(s), they might remember my 60th the same way. Did I mention I was feeling old?
The songs on my normal Sirius XM channel of choice just sounded too familiar; so, I flipped the channel to Classic Rewind. Hearing music from my late elementary through high school years referred to as "classics" just didn't sit well. It made me feel old...but not in a proud or wise way. I began to wonder if this was how my dad felt when we would be listening to Oldies 94.1, back when I was a kid; the music from his teens and early 20's being referred to as "golden oldies." He was only in his mid-to-late 30's at the time. I'm 41. It made me think about how I remember his 40th birthday party, I was 14 at the time. If I'm lucky enough to ever have kid(s), they might remember my 60th the same way. Did I mention I was feeling old?
A little while later, I stopped at the credit union drive through to get some cash from the ATM. Whoever used the machine before I did left their receipt dangling from the dispenser...
...seeing a $30.00 withdrawal and the remaining $43.83 got me thinking about two things: 1) there are probably lots of people out there making withdrawals today and seeing balances like this, and 2) it took me back to the early years of my marriage to Sara, when we lived this picture for far too long, and that got me reminiscing, which in turn added a thick blanket of sadness to my already "old" state of mind.
I'll spare you the gray details of all that I've been thinking about today. Some things are best kept private just to keep them special. I also don't want to give people the impression that I'm not happy these days, because I am. I have much to be happy about and much to be thankful for...but that doesn't stop the clouds from rolling in every once in a while.
Remember to take your ATM slip with you the next time you grab some quick cash...you never know what can happen if you leave it behind.
I'll spare you the gray details of all that I've been thinking about today. Some things are best kept private just to keep them special. I also don't want to give people the impression that I'm not happy these days, because I am. I have much to be happy about and much to be thankful for...but that doesn't stop the clouds from rolling in every once in a while.
Remember to take your ATM slip with you the next time you grab some quick cash...you never know what can happen if you leave it behind.
