34 vs 24

Today I turned 34.

Ten years ago I turned 24....obviously. I remember 24 very well. I moved out of my parents' home and moved in with James. Who, coincidentally, has the same birthday.

So much time has passed between then and now and yet I feel no different. A little fatter but just as youthful. Yet when I look into the mirror I see that I look different - more laugh lines and wrinkles on my forehead that I inherited from my Dad.

I'm the last age in the checkbox on questionnaires....18-25, 25-34..soon I will be checking off 35-50. Until then, I'm going to whoop it up.

Happy Birthday to Me!

Metric-osity

Ok so I have been training for this 180KM bike ride from Airdrie to Olds. Each time I go out I get scared that I am not going to be able to finish this thing since:

a. I'm out of shape
b. My bum kills like a sunnuva
c. I never seem to get past 40kms without dying

So yesterday Annette, Jamie and I decide to do the path from Elks golf course to Chestermere. We all set our computers together and half way I realize that my computer is off by A LOT. I know that mine must be wrong since Annette's GPS is close to her own computer reading on her bike. After doing some calculations in my head I realize that my system is calculating MILES rather than KILOMETERS. THANK THE LORD ABOVE. I'm not as bad as I thought I was......we finished 75 kms yesterday and I feel okay today so I think I'll actually be able to do this thing after all. 19 days to go.