and I’m a little bit scared….
I had a birthday on Friday, and I generally don’t panic about those things – after all, you age a day on your birthday, just like any other day.
It was something that happened earlier that week that scared me a bit.
I was shopping, and I heard the song “Hook” by Blues Traveler. Remember that one…
Suck it in, suck it in, suck it in
If you’re Rin Tin Tin or Anne Boleyn
Make a desperate move or else you’ll win
And then begin to see
What you’re doing to me
This MTV is not for free
It’s so PC it’s killing me
So desperately I sing to thee of love
Sure but also rage and hate and pain and fear of self
And I can’t keep these feelings on the shelf
I’ve tried, well, no, in fact I lied
Could be financial suicide
But I’ve got too much pride inside ….
And, I remembered being in college, driving to the mall with my friends during a rare study break, listening to that song and singing out loud. We were going to dinner at a pizza place at the mall, before doing some shopping. I remember it, like it was YESTERDAY.
It was 1996 – 14 years ago!
Fourteen years ago, I didn’t even know my husband. My children, who are the most important people in the world to me, didn’t exist. My entire life was different.
But me? Not so different. This week, I sang along to that song just like I did in 1996.
And then I thought about this… in fourteen years, when I hear “I Gotta Feelin’” by Black Eyed Peas, I’ll be singing along, remembering the beginning of the Expedition Everest 5K when we all sang and danced to it.
And I’ll be 50! 50!!!!
