I went ahead and turned 38 recently. I usually am not bothered by getting older since my husband is much more ancient than I am and hits the bigger numbers long before I do - I’m just a wee-lad in comparison. But I must say that 38 gave me pause this year. For a brief moment I felt old. Then I remembered Michael receives offers from AARP while I don’t, and I felt better about myself.
We decided to celebrate me NOT being old by staying overnight at an indoor water park. Well, we didn’t stay overnight IN the water park, that would be weird and cold. It was a hotel/water park called Great Wolf Lodge and we had a magnificent time. It took a couple of hours to get there so naturally we had to stop to eat halfway there. It was 10 AM so Wendy’s seemed like the logical choice. Hey, it was my birthday. Let me enjoy a frosty and a hamburger for brunch!
Michael and Eva love swimming while I am a lukewarm participant, but the park really was a lot of fun. I was feeling young and vivacious zipping down the water slides and bobbing around in the wave pool – for approximately 1 hour.
Poor Eva and her geriatric parents. I started to feel dizzy from the slides and Michael wrenched his back dismounting from the tube at the bottom of one slide. We stayed for a total of 3 hours, which I felt was a grand accomplishment since I was shivering for the entire block of time. We had a nice dinner, then ate snacks in the hotel room and watched TV while Eva jumped between the beds for a couple of hours. Successful day.
The next day was my actual birthday, and of course, we had donuts for breakfast. No one cares about their figure at 38 anyway. Which is also why I powered through almost my entire birthday cake – only 2 pieces found the trash can days later.
Happy Birthday to me!
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