Age Matters

As those of you who know me personally know, I am a retail manager. Most of the people I manage are younger than I am, and they get younger and younger each day. It creeps me out when I look at their paperwork and I notice that they are born in the 80's because I can actually remember those years. I try not to think about age much, especially since I've been told that I look younger than I am (I also look way hotter than I did when I was younger btw. Just a little side note ;). Occasionally though, the subject of age does come up, like yesterday. Somehow one of the employees started talking about age and the other manager who was sitting there there mentioned that her birthday was coming up this week. She mentioned she was turning 25 and seemed bothered by that which shocked me because I thought she was older. Not only did it surprise me but it disappointed me because it meant that I was older than her. So anyway, to make matters worse, the employee then asked me how old I was and I reluctantly told the truth (which I refuse to repeat because I'm not comfortable discussing that matter anymore and if you know me, you already know my age, and if not and really want to know, there are ways to find out aside from asking me :P).

Anyway, I've been thinking about it all day and wonder, have I reached the point in my life when I should start lying about my age? Whenever I tell anyone how old I am they seem shocked and I'm not sure that it's always a good thing. I mean, yes, it can be a compliment because it can mean that you look younger, but it can also mean that they think you're a loser for not accomplishing more with your life at that age. I don't know. That's definitely the pessimistic view but not totally out there. Needless to say, I don't know what the right thing to do is aside from avoiding the subject of age like the plague.

Extending my stay...

If everything in my life worked out exactly as planned, right now I'd be celebrating the fact that I have less than 2 months left in Florida. Of course, being that this is my life we're talking about, this is not the case. Instead I have decided to prolong my stay a few more months and am in the process of finding a new place to live. I decided to stay longer for a variety of reasons which I shall not bore you with, but primarily it's because I am not ready financially. Moving to NYC will require more savings as well as more planning. For now my new goal date is mid January so we'll see how that goes. Really the sooner the better but I don't see myself leaving anytime before then. Sadly this means I get to spend another holiday season in hot weather. :(