Jolene Cecil of Valley Girl Gone Country gives us 8 signs of the times from her blog, Valley Girl Gone Country. How does she know she’s getting old?
1. Eye of the Tiger (which was in the movie Rocky) was recently referenced by a co-worker like, “OH! This song brings me back.” He’s 23. Really? He wasn’t even born when this song came out!!! I was eight and totally submerged in the eighties!!!
2. I’d rather go to bed at 9:00 pm than stay up till midnight just because I can.
3. This.
4. When I walked into an antique shop I saw this:
5. I’ve heard myself tell my children to turn down their iPod because I can hear it from the other room.
6. I can’t, for the life of me, figure how to use a Playstation or Xbox controller…just make it simple, like Nintendo. My son would get so frustrated with me, he pretty much gave up when I started to do this :
7. I buy anti-wrinkle cream and tightening cream to avoid the onset of wrinkles. (I fear that my face will start sagging like my mother’s….and I am going to fight that anyway I can.)
8. I am in denial about arm jiggle…enough said.
