Thirty-two — what a long strange trip it’s been.   In some ways I’m liv­ing the nor­mal expected life for my age group.  I own a house and pay a mort­gage.  I have car pay­ments.  I have a job with a cubi­cle.   I have an expec­tant wife.   These things are all nor­mal and fall within the expected time I should have them.  Noth­ing out of the ordinary.

But I’m not ordi­nary.   I’m not up to the trends and buy­ing that peo­ple in my age group are.  I’m more likely to buy a comic book then a mocha.  I’m more likely to play a video game then play the stock mar­ket.   I’m more likely to have fun then be grown up — or at least grown up in the rep­re­sen­ta­tion that we were taught when we were young.

To me grow­ing up was always some­thing bor­ing, where you had to put things behind you and move on.  It’s really not like that thought.  I still have a lot of the same inter­ests I had in high school, I play video games, read comics, and play in the band.   Yet it’s more respon­si­bil­i­ties and I jug­gle these the best I can.

I hope I feel as young when I’m 64.

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