The Princess Bloggeries

I hope, I am not violating any copyright laws but I recently got this email and I think that it is hilarious and very very true! Here it comes …

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we’re kids?

If you’re less than 10 years old, you’re so excited about aging that you think in fractions. “How old are you?” “I’m four and a half!” You’re never thirty-six and a half. You’re four and a half, going on five!

That’s the key. You get into your teens, now they can’t hold you back.

You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead. “How old are you?” “I’m gonna be 16!” You could be 13, but hey, you’re gonna be 16!

And then the greatest day of your life . . . you become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony . . . YOU BECOME 21. . . YEAS!!!

But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk. He TURNED, we had to throw him out. There’s no fun now, you’re just a sour-dumpling. What’s wrong? What’s changed?

You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you’re PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it’s all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 . . . and your dreams are gone.

But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn’t think you would!

So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60. You’ve built up so much speed that you HIT 70!

After that it’s a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday! You get into your 80s and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime.

And it doesn’t end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; “I was JUST 92.”

Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. “I’m 100 and a half!”

May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!! 

HOW TO STAY YOUNG

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctor worry about them. That is why you pay him/her.2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. ” An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.” And the devil’s name is Alzheimer’s.

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it’s family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9. Don’t take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, to the next county, to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is.

10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Bummer - I got cited for a violation of CVC 22450 at the intersection of Derby and Warring in Berkeley. If I could tell you that I have driven that way countless times and have always considered that the stop sign at the right-turn lane northbound to Warring is a complete unnecessary one… Anyway, I was on the way to pick my degree certificate from UC Berkeley - how lucky am I ?:)

Anyway, after pleading not guilty, I now have a court case and am trying to get justice via a trial by declaration. Perhaps I should have given my declaration a second reading, but I guess I didn’t care much - I was telling the truth !

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There is this wonderful Bangles song about Mondays There are several other songs about Monday and some about Friday and Sunday when I think about it… However I can’t think of any songs about Wednesdays or Thursdays. Strange. Some of the weekdays are highly underappreciated among the singing crowd.

If you have a normal weekend (Sat-Sun), Monday is actually the saddest day of the week! You start counting the days until Friday. You are happy on Friday but you drop dead tired on Friday evening. Then you enjoy the Saturday - you know that you still have one more day before you have to go to work. However, on Sunday you feel like Monday is knocking on the door and somehow your mood is dull and it is not the same as Saturday. Then you fall asleep and it is Monday again. That pretty much concludes that Saturday is the most precious day of the week!

Oh … I miss Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip on Monday nights! Last week I had something to look forward to on Sad Mondays and today it’s just another manic [sad] Monday!

I am by myself all day now - Svetla started work at SJSU, and with Petar going to Fujitsu every day I am all alone. So it’s kinda funny now - they come back from work and ask me - “What did you do all day?”. Of course I have my own things to take care of - cleaning myself (that’s always first! - did you know it takes 30-40% of my awake time?!), watching for suspicious birds or animals on the balcony, sleeping, etc.

Luckily as of a few days ago we also have a new pet. It’s round, makes noise and doesn’t really know where it goes once it moves. I am still trying to figure out how to wake it up, it seems like we could play during the day. If anyone has a clue for me - please send me a note - for now I am resorting to reading the manual behind Petar’s back.

Oh well - at least it’s Friday - Happy Friday all !