Archive for June 19th, 2009

The Big Five-Oh !!

June 19, 2009

Fifty today.

I have been stressing about it for a while, but it doesn’t really feel any different. I don’t know why I have been worrying about it, but I have, you know thinking about your own mortality and all that fluff. I shouldn’t really, because I’m sure I’m fitter and healthier today than I was on my 40th or even 30th birthday.

When I arrived at work this morning, the window on my office was adorned with “Happy 50th Birthday” banners and a very much enlarged school photograph of me when I was about 8 years old. Now I know what the conspiritorial whispers were about between Kate and Amanda at lunch yesterday.

A 6km loop with Alyssa after work at just over 5:30 min/km pace.

Out for tea tonight with Adrienne, Chris, Kate and Carly to a nice little restaurant called Chartreuse in Niddrie.

I got some nice presents too, including a lovely limited edition framed Pink Floyd memorabilia piece from Adrienne.

Here’s to the next 50!