Vroom, vroom

In case any of my readers doubt that I am actually 82 year-old trapped in a 28 year-old's body this post will convince you that it is true.

My view of cars is quite different than most peoples.  To the general public a car is a way to transport your body from one location to another with relative efficiency and comfort.  To me a car is a speeding fuselage of death, screaming down a glorified footpath dodging any number of unmovable obstacles in the effort to be the first person in line at the next stop light.  Everyday that I am on the road I am shocked and thankful to make it to my destination alive.  How can anyone survive with so many mechanical beast roaming the streets?

What scares me even more than these killing machines are the grim-reapers behind the wheel.  Why do people feel like driving is a competition? I MUST GET TO TARGET BEFORE ALL OF YOU!!!!!!
 Really?  Congratulations, you got to the store a whole 45 seconds before anyone else in our line of traffic.  You must be so proud.  If you try really hard maybe you can beat the old lady with the walker to the express checkout lane.  Get over yourself. The only time it is acceptable to speed like a maniac is if you are on your way to the ER or you are a pregnant lady who has to pee.  If you don't fit into one of those categories then I'm sorry you are just going to have to respect other people.  Trust me you aren't that important. Which also means that no, you don't have to answer that text message this very instance.  If you were that important you would have a driver and be sitting in the back seat of a fancy car with both hands free to text/take pics/update status.  But you're not.  You are just some regular joe who has to drive yourself around because you can't afford to pay anyone to do it.  So to compensate for your unimportance you pretend that everyone in your social media circle needs to know exactly what you're doing  right now.  Sadly what you are doing is endangering the lives of countless other idiots who also are trying to pretend that they too are important.  Also you're not foolin' anyone with those hubcaps.

And don't even get me started with teenagers being allowed to drive.........

Clap on, Clap off

Anyone who knows me knows how I love lists.  Lists are everywhere in my house and at my cubical.  They are on sticky notes, white boards, old napkins, receipts, my hand, my phone........ I make lists of anything and everything that pops into my ridiculous and cluttered brain.  Today I am going to share with you a list of things that make me feel old.

1. Kids that I babysat are now getting married.  Nothin' like reality smacking me in the face.

2. Songs I listened to growing up are now on the classic rock station.

3. Boy Bands are considered "old school".

4. Technology frustrates me.  Seriously I don't get apps, what is the point?  Though I will say I do like texting, but I think it's causing arthritis in my thumbs.

5. Everything in my body hurts.

6. I have a set bedtime and it's before midnight.

7. Cellulite.

8. I worry about the light bill going up.

9. Not only am I on several different medications but it's hard for me to remember which ones I have already taken for the day.

10. Now days I opt for staying in rather than going out.

11. Everything gives me indigestion.

12. I complain about how kids dress these days and have no respect or sense of responsibility. 

13. I don't "get" hipsters.

14. Consuming caffeine after 4pm will keep me up all night. 

15. I read Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Narnia, and Ender's Game before they were movies.