Do The Math +/-

Here's the face of my little girl on the 1st day of Kindergarten...it resembles me thinking about the future sometimes.....

Ok, I really don't think I look so constipated or ready to cry - the crying look only shows when I think about being in my mid-50's when my girls graduate High School. But seriously, starting the whole 'school thing' got me thinking. I've been obsessed with the idea of hitting my 50's while my girls are in HS. Won't I have enough lines on my face - the lines that tell the stories of your life (I really don't want to tell many stories!).

These thoughts started coming on when my youngest turned 3 - a couple weeks ago. Now, showing up at Kindergarten & seeing all the 20 & 30-something mom's: tan, young, NOT needing Botox, fit & perky (boobs that is). It shatters my mom-hood visions. It's for real - I'm an old mom!

'They' say you're only as old as you think - problem is, I'm thinking. If I need a glass of wine at night NOW with toddlers....what the hell am I going to need by the time HS hits??? OMG, it just hit me - THIS is why my own mother drinks GIN ON THE ROCKS! Perhaps the doctor prescribed it -yeah, that's what they do. It's the ol' secret your mom just didn't tell you. THAT is what I'm going to tell myself.

Cheers to you - what's your vice?