2012 – last year for my forties…
January 5, 2012 at 11:49 am | Posted in Modern Society, Uncategorized | Leave a comment
I will turn 50 this year and like generations before me, I am startled by this thought. Having elementary school age children at home and a partner decades younger distracts me from thinking about this half century milestone. Recently I read an article by woman who is 60 and she referred to herself as being in her “old age” and was happy that she and her husband had passed the point of needing physical intimacy very often. Really? At 60? Continue Reading 2012 – last year for my forties……
A Bump on the Head
April 20, 2011 at 4:40 pm | Posted in Just silly | Leave a comment
I have a concussion. I really do. Yesterday I was spraying insecticide around the perimeter of my house, feeling very competent and thrifty. I was under some bushes being all thorough and getting every inch when my 9 year old dragged the garbage can by and said “hey mom this can is full of ants!” Continue Reading A Bump on the Head…
Truism bites the dust
February 27, 2011 at 10:50 am | Posted in Dating, Graduate School | Leave a comment
How many times have you heard “If you really wanted a partner you would make time to date”? There is always enough time for high priorities right? I scoffed at women who said they did not have time to date. I knew they were simply lazy. Or cowards. Or thought prince charming was going to knock on the door out of the blue. They were not too busy to spend hours on Facebook right? Continue Reading Truism bites the dust…
An unusual situation
January 23, 2011 at 11:53 am | Posted in Modern Society, Parenting over 40, Uncategorized | Leave a comment
Raised by New England Methodists who, until I was a teenager, had very little exposure to the world outside of the Eastern United States. I grew up with puritanical values such as; you never speak about money, show respect to elders, work hard, get an education and do the right thing. In addition, we were never exposed to any ethnic groups except our own anglo saxon middle class friends and relatives. However, if you could glance at how my life has played out you would guess that I had been raised by California hippies. Continue Reading An unusual situation…
Again a Cliche?
January 21, 2011 at 12:35 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
I am about to start on a Masters program and my friend visiting from Alaska carelessly said “Oh, all my divorced mom friends are getting masters in counseling degrees right now, it seems the in thing to do when you get to be our age”. Sigh… apparently I am having a second go ’round as a cliche. Most of you know the whole “last one to know” story of my divorce. But I honestly thought this decision was creative and forward thinking. I really believe that with my personality and given the right academic tools I will make a good counselor. Now I am doubting myself. Are there a multitude of over forty, divorcees who believe this is the case? Continue Reading Again a Cliche?…
Aren’t people who end up lost during a hike really dumb?
August 29, 2010 at 3:04 pm | Posted in Fit over forty, Paddling | Leave a comment
When I read about an adult who manages to get lost on a day hike and is found wearing inadequate clothing, without water, emergency equipment or even a cell phone ~ I feel smugly self-righteous knowing I would never be such a nit wit. But if you have read this site you know that in my experience arrogance is always rewarded with a humbling of some sort. You can see where this is going. Yes, I ended up miles from anywhere hiking through the harsh terrain of uneven lava rock wearing loose flip-flops, shorts and a tank top, no water, no cell phone, and most importantly – no flash light. Continue Reading Aren’t people who end up lost during a hike really dumb?…
“Menopause is All In Your Head”
June 30, 2010 at 12:11 pm | Posted in Dating, Fit over forty, Modern Society | Leave a comment
I have recently learned that menopause symptoms come and go (for years). I had honestly thought I had dodged this particular bullet because I am just so damn healthy and balanced. I am also a nitwit. Every time I get arrogant I get the wind knocked out of me. Continue Reading “Menopause is All In Your Head”…
The Calm before the Storm
June 3, 2010 at 1:40 pm | Posted in Dating, Modern Society | Leave a comment
Yesterday I had a surprise party for my boyfriend’s birthday. It was a simple plan. He was coming into town for a meeting and then coming to my house where 14 of his closest friends would be waiting to have dinner with him. Continue Reading The Calm before the Storm…
Stage 2
April 23, 2010 at 8:58 pm | Posted in Dating, Modern Society | Leave a commentI am so hot. Honestly, I am hot. I wish I were saying I am extremely sexy. Maybe I am sexy when I am hot but seriously I am burning up. I used to think these hot flashes were fun. And they are, in a way, amusing. Like a little secret. But they are trying to take over my life. Every few minutes it seems I start pulling at the neck of my blouse. Blouse? Who says that? It’s menopause. It is turning me into my mother. Kind of. I am not really a controlling New England woman with a Jewish New York accent. But I am snapping more and more. Ask my sort of patient boyfriend. Continue Reading Stage 2…
Look into my eyes… I see an ugly house and an upside down and backward man…
April 11, 2010 at 10:51 pm | Posted in Dating, Modern Society | Leave a comment
I went to see a psychic last week. I thought it would be fun. I thought there would be a seedy little room with crystal balls and incense and maybe beaded curtains. Instead there was an ordinary conference room with a modern, cheerful little Vietnamese woman ready to tell me my past, present and future in exactly 30 minutes. Continue Reading Look into my eyes… I see an ugly house and an upside down and backward man……
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