All Growed Up

I love being an adult because no one can tell me I'm not allowed to make my whole dinner out of a big pile of mashed potatoes covered in the left over cheese sauce from January's awesome homemade macaroni and cheese. I have a happy in my mouth and my tummy! :-)

I dreamed almost a whole movie last night.  I may have to write it.  It looked like a good sci-fi idea, even if it only turns out to be the kind of B-movie my Sis and I like to watch together.

Heart

It's a heart.  Treasure it as if it were you own.  That way, it's much more difficult to break it. 

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap111111.html


So, the link above actually helped me remember some of what I was thinking yesterday.  


The main thing was, "Hey, I turn 45 in a few days."  Does that bother me?  Should that bother me?  


Not on your life! Or mine for that matter. I have always said, and fully believe that our "age" is just a number.  My body is somewhat older and a bit less cooperative, but my spirit remains young and strong. 


So on one side, this birthday is a milestone (in my crazy youth, I never really expected to live this long). And on the other side, it's sort of just another day.  I still want it to be special, because I'm me and I like special. But it isn't really all that big a deal.  The photo in the link up there helped me remember why it's not really a big deal.


That's a galaxy, people.  A GALAXY. And not the Milky Way galaxy, which is where our tiny little planet lives.  M83 is about 15,000 light years from Earth. I'm not sure how hold M83 is, but our own galaxy is about 13 billion years old.  13,000,000,000. Nine zeros. After the 13.


So, how can I really be all that excited about turning 45 when there are things in this Universe which have been there so long that I can't even fathom their age? 


But, hey. I still want to celebrate.  Why not? 

Yesterday, I had lots of big and little thoughts in my head.  One of them was, "These thoughts are perfect to post on my blog."  


However, I had quite the full day yesterday, and no time to sit and type those thoughts up.  


So this is what you get instead.  :-P  




Goldfish Brain!

Gotta be me.  It's who I am.