Getting old is really going to suck….

I think I had my first freaking hot flash!  What the hell… I woke up in the middle of the night, DRENCHED in sweat.  I mean it was rolling down my sides.  I couldn't figure out what was going on.  It was really kinda gross.  I hope that's not my future…any time soon… YUCK!
I already have to put up with my eyes going.  I have a pair of reading glasses in every bag I own, upstairs, downstairs, in the car, at work - pretty much anywhere I might go.  I can't run like I want, I'm sore when I shouldn't be, I look like a 90 year old women when I've been sitting for too long and I try to get up.  And now, I'm getting all sweaty for no reason, except that I'm old.  NOT. FAIR.

Can you say "We're getting old"

So I'm watching American Idol again, even though I SWORE I wasn't gonna do it. Last year was LAME and BORING (even though my favorite one), the judges all left and they replaced them with Jennifer Lopes (Yuck) and Steven Tyler (love him but, not enough to watch) and I really hate all "stuff" that they make you watch to actually see the singing, but my TiVo recorded it and it sat there taunting me and then my enabling friend Debbie goaded me into watching and here I am trapped again! Last night our satellite was out due to the snow storm so in a panic I called Debbie and begged to be allowed to crash her American Idol party.

The cold hard truth... I love me some Steven Tyler, I love everything about him - his clothes, his hair, his attitude, his jokes, his screaming every 15 minutes... everything. J-Lo has been a pleasant surprise, so I must admit I'm enjoying it so far.

But, here's what I realized last night... Debbie was surprised that Steven was 63 years old. Duh.. he's only been around forever, but she pointed out, you know your getting old when the 63 year old guy on the TV "doesn't look so bad, in fact he looks great!" My 17-year old daughter probably thinks he looks like a zombie, but Debbie and I were thinking he looks pretty good.

The nail in the "You're Old" coffin... you think he's even cuter when he puts on his reading glasses.