Sunday, August 26, 2007

Random Delerium...

Last night, on our journey home from Idaho to see my family, I was astonished to find that I could not remember how old I was!!!
Seriously, I remember having this conversation with a friends husband the other day and for some reason I was convinced that I was 28...I dunno why?? I even remember him saying..."I thought on your run register you were listed as 27"...to which I remember (vaguely) responding that I must have written it down wrong.
Somewhere between New Meadows and Grangeville, while listening to some NPR podcast of Radiowest, having been in the vehicle for 9 hours, I was struck with the realization that I wasn't sure how old I actually am.
Granted, my brain was quite tired, and was a little hypnotized from all of the yellow lines and reflectors...but as I was trying to calculate how old I am, I was having a hard time coming up with the right answer.
So, if I was born November 7, 1979...It is now 2007...then I am____ old?
If I was married when I was 20, three months before turning 21, and I've been married for 7 years then I should be___ old?
To my astonishment, I realized that for some weird reason I have been thinking I am 28 and yet, I'm not 28 until November!
If any of my readers come to a different conclusion...let me know...I'm still a bit delirious and will post a more not-worthy blog on a day when my brain is less tired and more free and clear!
Question...Is this the pre-signs of Alzheimer's????

7 comments:

Old warrior said...

You are only as old as you feel, and I think that alzheimers sets in when you are 70 or 80 or so, so...

Jen said...

that made me laugh- i've had a few conversations like that with myself. age is so relative! post-mission, i was 21 for like 3 years. then after i got married, i was eternally 24. i recently wrote down that kellen was born the year we were married- which would make him 5. funny how age starts to rot the brain! :)

Jamison Fischer said...

OK. No more nighttime driving for you.

Abby Norman said...

Let's see...
If you were Korean, you'd be 29 right now. (You're considered 1 when you're born, and everyone celebrates their birthday in January...so in January 1980, you'd be 2.) He he...

Don't worry. I do the same thing, only I'm stuck at 14 or 15 when people ask me how old I am...

mummy said...

Well dear, welcome to my world. That is how my brain is all the time-just a little confused. Things that used to come easy, well I have to think about the answer now. Too much eating out of those aluminum pan I would suspect

climbingrocks said...

dude....i dont know what it is with 23 but when people ask me how old i am, i pause for like 5 seconds. I am not oldie, as everyone can agree, nonetheless I can't remember that I am 23. So weird.

mama rhodes said...

I had this same problem a few days ago. I also noticed that single women are always SO OLD. And Married women are always TOO Young. Amazing what marriage does to many women's perspective on life.