I turned 40, last December. Right before the apocalypse hit.
I had big plans for 40. Big, I tell you.
I was going to embrace it, for starters. Skip the midlife crisis and go right to loving myself. Or something.
Instead, I woke up in the middle of the night a few weeks ago {I do that often, because who sleeps anymore? I’m not even pretending to have my life together} and realized I’ll be forty-one soon. I know it happens, the passing of time and stuff. It just really snuck up on me. Like, why couldn’t I have been a vampire and lived forever or something? At the very least, a trophy wife? Because when it comes down to it, this year kind of bummed me out, and I’ve had to take a second to acknowledge it. It turns out, 40, just like 2020 was kind of a big disappointment. I was supposed to arrive. I have no idea where, it just sounds good. Instead, I’m the ant, and this year is the mean kid with the magnifying glass, here to fry me after bringing all my shortcomings to light. Wheeee! I accomplished a few things kind of unintentionally, that just made me feel older.
Is this 40? Or am I the egg in the 80’s commercial a-la drugs?
This is forty in the apocalypse. Any questions?
1. I became a plant mom.
Oven Fresh Cake says
Outstanding work! Enjoyed your writing!!
Anna says
Omg I needed this, this morning. ALL the plants! This is amazing. Thank you for always keeping it real and being so funny!
Michelle says
Thanks for sharing this. You speak for a lot of us.
With masks as facial adornment now, I wonder if there has been an increase in sales of eye makeup and a sharp decrease in lipstick?! Another reason to strive in business not to put all eggs in one basket.
ashley @ the handmade home says
All I know is, my lipstick has lasted me THE ENTIRE YEAR. 😀 We learned the eggs in the basket rule the hard way when we took the leap to move our family here four years ago. It’s a tough one to come back from. I feel for everyone in so many ways.
Layla K says
Thank you for always making me laugh. Your blog and social media are part of what has gotten me through this year.
Jenna says
Hysterical! Thank you! Ha! I am also a mom of plants and I turned 40 this year. We won’t even talk about weight gain. 😂
Victoria says
Love this!
My friend and I got talking in between both of us turning 40 a couple of years ago. After a few glasses we were doing the “what we’d tell our 20 year old selves’. I realised that I don’t want to have that same conversation at 60. I don’t want to have to look back and think about what I could have done. It’s really hard. Waking up each day and making changes, and the pandemic obviously isn’t helping! But it feels noble in the attempt you know?