thirty-nine

I turned thirty nine today.  It was a pretty good year, and I think the next year is going to get better.   Thirty-nine is a fairly good number - not like the number 36, that was a good number, but thirty-nine will do.   Thirty-nine is probably more pleasant if you like the number three.  I’m more of a four kind of person myself, threes turn me off.  They’re all so odd, three doesn’t make nice squares, when three people are together, all too often two get paired up and the third is by themselves.   I’ve just never liked three very much.  So thirty-nine is a pretty good age, but the number not so much.

So ever since I was thirty-eight I’ve been thinking of myself as almost 40.  I even said I was 40 this year in front of a few older friends.  You know, as in “Well, I’m 40 so I have to …” about something, and one of the women said “YOU’RE NOT FORTY!  Hang on to your  thirties as long as you can!”    Well, I was almost 39, and 39 is pretty near 40, I think it’s good for a person to prepare themselves early for these large birthdays.  If I convince myself I’m 40 before I actually get there, I think the actual day won’t be so bad.  This woman who cautioned me to hang on to 39 as long as possible had a TERRIBLE time with 40 and then 50 (which was last year).   She was down for months surrounding her birthday.

So, thirty-nine, sure, but almost 40.  Which is four times 10 — I think THAT’s going to be a great year.

Posted by on July 28th, 2008 under Uncategorized

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