I just a few weeks I will be turning 55 years of age!
YUP, I will become the speed limit (at least that's what it is here in my state) and officially a Senior Citizen!! CRAP!
It didn't bother me to turn 30, 40 or even 50 but for some unknown reason, I hate turning 55!
Maybe it has something to do with all the mail I have been getting lately and the ads on TV.
It seems that AARP suddenly wants to become my best friend. They send me letters asking me to join their club. Telling my what wonderful benefits I would enjoy now that I am OLD! I can get discounts on hotel rooms and if I am stranded on the side of the road, AAA could help me out because my membership would cost me less. Not to mention I get to eat off the Senior Menu now! YIPPEE!!!
There is the reminder from Social Security that if I retire now I will only receive this much a moth but if I continue to work until I am 72 I can receive so much more!! As if I want to work until I am 72 years old!! WTF!!
Then of course there are all the ads about insurance plans on TV- Chose this one and you won't have to have a physical exam. We will insure you no matter what. They don't tell you that your premium is so high you can't afford it.
The next says it pays for all your medical bills and your prescriptions without having to have a supplemental plan. ( you just have to use the doctors and clinics it tells you to).
Then there are the commercials for the Assisted Living Facilities- Nothing like planning ahead, right? Might as well pick one out while I still can (at least this way I get one I like and not one my kids just dump me in) because according to TV, Alzheimer's will be setting in any day now.
I have been watching the trailers about the movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons" and I have to ask my friend Debbie at Suburb Sanity (she's the Sage one and has all the answers) if he can grow younger why can't we all?
I know my fear of 55 is irrational and it's just a number but for some reason I am really terrified of this birthday. I guess maybe it has something to do with being labelled a Senior Citizen. I don't feel like one. Hell ask anyone who knows me and they'll tell you I've never acted my age! Can I skip this for now and just stay a Junior (so to speak)??
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
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3 comments:
Age is just a state of mind.
(although sometimes, my hips and ankles tell me differently)
Keep your mind sharp to ward off those alzy germs and that Wii to keep those bones strong.
55 is just 25 with a little more experience.
;)
I've been in denial about my own age (50) for almost a year. AND I've been getting the AARP hustle for that long, too. I'm so tempted by the discounts but AACK is what they should call it.
Good luck with 55.
Have you considered moving to another state? Here in You-tah the speed limit is 65. That would give you another 10 years. :o)
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