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December 16, 2006
glass half full
Good morning everybody. I've not much time to write today; we're driving to Toronto to spend some time with friends we haven't seen in a while, and as it's the only day this month when we'll get the chance, we're stopping in London on the way to pay a visit to my most favourite shopping establishment in the world: the Horton Street Goodwill with the dollar a pound sale in the back room. Yeah!
I really just wanted to place a little marker here, as today marks the halfway point in two important journeys for me. I am a year and a half through my three-year separation from my beloved, halfway through my terminal degree. Just eighteen months to go until I will never have to go to sleep alone again, never have to talk to Peter over the computer night after night when all I want is to touch him. But today is only a symbolic marker of that, and really I'm celebrating that halfway point this whole month while I'm home with him. The halfway point you can check on the calendar is this one: I am thirty-five years through my life. Friends, this morning I woke up middle-aged. And even though my back hurts a lot more than it used to, I think I'm going to like it here.
Posted by jodi at December 16, 2006 08:20 AM | categories: self-absorbtion
Comments
Happy Half-Way sister! May your glass be full for the next 18 months!
Posted by: mama-e at December 16, 2006 08:40 AM
Happy halfway mark! I'm really impressed at your ability to keep both parts of your life going in two different places. Enjoy your time at home.
Posted by: Kathode Ray Tube at December 16, 2006 09:30 AM
As sands thru the hourglass....time continues to speed on! May the next 18 months be as quick as the last!
Posted by: carol at December 16, 2006 09:56 AM
Hapy birthday!!!
Congrats on being half way.
Posted by: Sarah HB at December 16, 2006 10:16 AM
Happy birthday Jodi! [Is 35 really middle aged?]
Posted by: TheBon at December 16, 2006 10:27 AM
Happy birthday, Jodi! You're ten months older than me, and I appreciate you lighting the way. :)
I hope the Goodwill brings lots of treasures. (I miss London thrifting -- it was good.)
Posted by: alison at December 16, 2006 11:54 AM
My 30's were a blur. Life really does begin at 40, so you're close!
You'll also be about 4 hours from my house. I'll be expecting you around 6:00...
:-)
Posted by: NWJR at December 16, 2006 12:13 PM
Are you telling me I'm 4 years away from being middle aged? Yikes, I thought I had more time than that! ;) Congrats on the milestones and all of your recent successes.
Posted by: connie at December 16, 2006 12:32 PM
Happy Birthday sweetie!
I don't think that 35 is halfway though really, my Grandmother is 94 so going by that I'll have to get to 47 before I'm near halfway!
Have a great day!
Posted by: Anna at December 16, 2006 12:56 PM
Happy Birthday, Jodi!
It seemed like middle age when I hit 35, too...and now that I'm pushing 40, the whole graph doesn't seem to matter anymore.
18 down, 18 to go. In my experience, typically the downhill side goes more quickly :-)
Posted by: bonnie at December 16, 2006 02:29 PM
Happy birthday old lady! Sorry, middle aged lady! I mean, young lady! :)
And I hope the next 18 months flies by for both you and Peter.
Posted by: Sarah at December 16, 2006 02:30 PM
Happy Birthday, Jodi! and congratulations on hump day (as we used to call the midpoint in law school). But, child, thirty five is not middle-aged any more. Plus in another year my twin sons will be 35 and I absolutely forbid them to be middle-aged.
Posted by: Judith in NYC at December 16, 2006 04:09 PM
Welcome to 35! You'll like it here! (pass the Advil)
Posted by: Sherry W at December 16, 2006 05:10 PM
Happy birthday!! And 35 middle-aged? Sheesh, I hope not!!
Posted by: chris at December 16, 2006 06:12 PM
Oh, for fuck's sake. Well, first, happy birthday. But second, I'm freaking 47 and I don't consider MYself middle-aged yet. YOU, at 35, are certainly NOT. Don't you know? 60 is the new 40. So that means 35 is about the new 20. Seriously. Get over it. :)
Posted by: Norma at December 16, 2006 06:31 PM
I hope you had a wonderful birthday, Jodi dear. Best wishes~
Posted by: Lolly at December 16, 2006 11:18 PM
oooooh! happy birthday!!!
Posted by: korin at December 17, 2006 01:04 AM
Welcome to middle age. I've been here about ten years longer than have you, and I've got to say it's a wild ride. Apart from the knees, the goddamned knees (and quite possibly the stinkin' back) I wouldn't turn the clock back by one minute, had I the chance.
I hope you enjoy yours as much as I'm enjoying mine.
Posted by: Rabbitch at December 17, 2006 04:52 AM
adding my wishes to the list!
Posted by: brenda in toronto at December 17, 2006 04:42 PM
I heard on the national news the other day that "middle age" is now officially considered somewhere between 55 and 65 (thanks, Boomers!)
just spreadin' the good news...
Posted by: solveig at December 18, 2006 04:15 PM
Happy Birthday you young thang.
Posted by: claudia at December 18, 2006 10:13 PM
It sounds like a wonderful day, with your fella there and on your way to a favorite thrift store. Best wishes for a wonderful day!
Posted by: Jenna at December 18, 2006 11:03 PM
Happy Birthday! And congratultions on so many accomplishments! Have fun up in cold land. It's 75 degrees in Athens today.
Posted by: Courtney at December 19, 2006 02:47 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! In in a celebrating mood, my dear, so have one on me!
(On a more serious note, I'm so happy you and Peter are together. Sometimes I miss him for you. I couldn't do it honestly. You are very strong - both of you.)
Posted by: Cara at December 19, 2006 03:52 PM
Well then, Happy Birthday. Geezer.
(Given the genes in my family, as long as I don't get cancer or get hit by something (truck, car, moose, meteor), my halfway point isn't until about 48. I intend to live well past my "best before date" so that I can harrass young people in the nursing home.)
Posted by: Steph VW at December 19, 2006 04:12 PM
It can be called hump day. From here on in it is down hill and easier (or at least tell yourself that). Happy Birthday. You are beautiful, btw.
Posted by: Kyla at December 19, 2006 06:16 PM
Yea! Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Zardra at December 19, 2006 09:10 PM
Happy Birthday!! I am 37 and never thought of myself as middle aged. I like this age too!
Posted by: melly at December 20, 2006 08:01 AM
Happy belated birthday!
Posted by: Kat with a K at December 21, 2006 03:27 PM
Happy belated birthday, girlie! You're halfway there.
And have a happyhappy holiday. I sorta wish we had some cold down here...
Posted by: Carrie at December 23, 2006 10:50 AM
Sheesh -- look how long it took me to do the right thing by you. Happy birthday, sugar. There's good stuff waiting for you in 2007. Go on, ask me how I know!
Posted by: Bakerina at December 23, 2006 03:52 PM