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[stoney321]

I just did the math and in 20 days I am turning 40. Four Zero.



...but I haven't climbed Mount Everest yet!! Any sherpa volunteers out there? (And funny, I don't feel forty.)

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[tinkerbell86ca.livejournal.com]

What do you feel like? 35? Like you are in need of a good body scrub? Itchy?

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Hahaha! I told my daughter yesterday that I felt so young, still. Like, 32! :D

[hazyjayne.livejournal.com]

I turn 30 in fifteen days and still feel about 22, and having a mini crisis about "OMG I FEEL LIKE I HAVE NOT ACHIEVED ANYTHING" Chris Colfer puts me to shame even I know academically this is not true...

So, FWIW it isn't just you...

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

30 is such a good year! Your 30s are when you really figure out who you are! I'm going to just redo my thirties with you, how about that? ;D

[bdbdb.livejournal.com]

I believe you mis-tagged this entry. You wanted the tag that says stoney doesn't suck.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! (It's tagged that way because I have yet to scale the highest peak! But let's face it - that sounds like a horrible activity.)

[mpoetess.livejournal.com]

*feels you*

You're right. You don't feel 40.

*feels again just to make sure*

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Ooh, just there, please.

Totally 33, right? I definitely think I've got a Jesus-age feel. *makes you check again*

[ladycyndra.livejournal.com]

We are four years apart! *cough* Um yay? XD

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I notice that you didn't say in which direction. ;)

[dovil.livejournal.com]

Not only might you not feel 40 but you definitely don't look 40 which is the most important thing in that the only worth a woman has is her looks. You would have got chapped lips if you had climbed Everest, so really, is it worth it? No, no it is not.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I had this one friend tell me that I should tell people I'm 47 so they're REALLY shocked by my "youthful looks." Hahaha. Because we all know that once I hit 47, I'm going to be put down. It's kinder, that way.

Maybe I want to freeze my nose off, D, did you think of that? I think it will make my face look slimmer.

[kuzu-no-ha.livejournal.com]

Didn't you recently climb your fence? I think that counts. We can retroactively name me as your sherpa guide. "You there, go over that fence. Right there. yup. well done"

I hear retroactively employment declarations are all the rage this year.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

..I don't think I climbed any fences? I mean, I could and stick a flag up there and stomp around all proud of myself? *ponders*

LOL at retroactive employment declarations. I'll declare myself Sir Edmund Hillary's second!

[secondalto.livejournal.com]

i'm a few year away from that particular milestone. but I certainly don't feel my age. At least mentally. Physically is a different kettle of fish.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha - when I threw my back out, boy did I feel my age. Normally I'm pretty spry. <-- which just outed me for my real age. :D

[kayoko.livejournal.com]

People have died climbing Mount Everest! DIED. *gasp*

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I know! A boy I dated was on the disastrous 1996 climb! (He did not die, I should mention)

[harmonyfb.livejournal.com]

As of September, I'm one year out from 50. I'm way far behind.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

That's about how I feel, too.

[elizardbits.livejournal.com]

BRB SENDING YOU SOME PRUNES GRAMMA

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

YAY FIBER IS NATURE'S LITTLE BROOM! Gosh, look at the time - is Matlock on yet?

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I didn't feel 40 either and the mister confirmed that I felt more like 34 and thanked me for using sunblock so I'll keep feeling younger than I am :D

Make those reservations and climb that mountain if you want to! There is still time! Oh, wait, didn't four people die doing just that a few months back? This might be a goal that gets put on the back burner.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Oh, do I thank zinc oxide on a regular basis. And with as often as I'm outside, I'm REALLY GOOD about slathering it on. *admires your lovely skin*

Nah, that goal is off the table completely. I had a friend almost die there. I wanted (years ago) to be published by 40, but my husband thoughtfully pointed out that it still counts until I'm 41. :D

[entrenous88.livejournal.com]

40, yay! I always think those ending-in-zero decades are fun, because, say, when you're 39, you're the oldest of the thirties. And so you belong to that decade, but really, you get people who are 31 saying, "Um, 39?" *hands* and going to gossip with one another about waking up drunk. And you're like, "I can drink all you young assholes under the table!"

Where was I? Oh yes. Anyway, 40, you're the youngest of the forties, and you can totally strut around about it! And your in-their-forties friends will cry out, "But you're practically a baby!" if you shyly confess you too have now entered that decade.

HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY ALREADY, STONEY! :DDDDD Whatcha want for your birthday that I can give you in the form of, idk, something ficcish (how I wish at this moment I knew even a bit about Glee so I could actually fulfill a request there that wouldn't come out, "So the one with the bow ties said to the one with the tiny eyes, as they approached that blond one about that one who maybe was Irish?" type crap).

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHA, I love your reasoning about that 0 at the end! YES! That makes perfect sense to me! I'm actually excited about the dial rolling over (I imagine my life represented by an old fashioned clock where the numbers flip over, a la Groundhog Day) to 4-0. I like being me and being this age! :D

Oooooooh, if I had my druthers, I'd want snarky banter in the HP world! Whomever you prefer, Ron and Harry, Harry and Draco, Draco and Ron, Snape and anyone... I looooooove your snarky banter! *bounces in chair* No pressure, and no worries if you don't have time, I'm honestly well chuffed that you are offering! <3

[thestoryofelle.livejournal.com]

HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!!

[bitchygrrl.livejournal.com]

I'll be 40 next year and I don't feel it either. Whatever 40 feels like. I don't know what you feel like but you look pretty damned hot, I'd feel you.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Like, I think about when I was little and my parents were close to 40 and how OLD they seemed. But...I think 1970s 40 *is* older than 2010s 40, if that makes sense? Like, we know how to take care of ourselves better, etc. (And laws, my mother was a Ban de Soliel woman and now looks like an old leather purse.)

And LOL. Hahaha, thank you. (Man, I get excited every time the dudes at the grocery store card me when I buy a bottle of wine. I blame it on them being stupid, but I will take it.)

[rubywisp.livejournal.com]

i am two years past you (and yet, so far behind! better view ;)), no seriously - i deal with the angst by reminding myself that this year i am the answer to life, the universe, and everything!

also, you look great!

42! I said that to my husband on his birthday in June! :)

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I've surprisingly not been angsty about it. I had a moment a few weeks back where I was sad that I'd not done more by this point, then I realized how much I've actually done - how much LIFE I've lived (not all great, but hey. That's life. Snerk) and feel pretty good about it.

And? NOT ONE GRAY HAIR! <-- totally just jinxed myself, didn't I? (And thank you!)

[lynnenne]

But think of all the new acting parts you can get! You can start playing GRANDMOTHERS!

I just turned fortymumble, so you've still got nuttin' on me.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Har har, de har har. ;D

I will gleefully celebrate turning that momentous number in a few weeks. I'm actually excited to be able to say I'm 40, soon!

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

*pats your hand*

There, there. Brian Blessed hasn't made it to the top yet either. I'm sure you'll make it. *G*

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I'm actually over that notion - it was at the top of my bucket list for some time, though. Until I realized that, you know, I'd probably die. :D

[midnightsjane.livejournal.com]

Umm, I just celebrated my 65th birthday, and I don't feel a day over 40.
40 is the new 20, but with more attitude.
Happy 20th!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I love it! Both your attitude and the new 40. :D

I'm looking forward to this birthday, I must say.

[queen-isa.livejournal.com]

Bah. I'm 23 and i WISH i was your age! I have no direction in life, student loans (In Australia which makes it little bit easier but still) and heart break *sob*.

But seriously; why would you go back to not knowing yourself/whatever your 20s is even if it meant to have firmness of boob?

[queen-isa.livejournal.com]

PS..


HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!


(I accidentally clicked 'post' before i said it. Fail).

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

All I'm saying is that you remind me is that 40 is pretty fucking awesome. :)

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

HA!! This is why I love you best, Scarecrow. For that and for the sexy Blaine. ;D

[anelith.livejournal.com]

When I read your posts about the huge piles of compost/dirt/rocks you've moved, it sounds about as difficult as climbing Mt. Everest. Many times over.

You've stuffed more living into your scant years than most people dream of!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Ha! Well, Tenzig Norgay may not quite agree with that, but I'll take the compliment, my Anne-girl! <3

[pluckygirl.livejournal.com]

You don't suck. You're awesome. BTW you as old as you feel, forget that number crap. *hugs you*

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Whoo hoo, I feel 13! No more driving for me, that's illegal! ;D

(I'm actually excited about this birthday! Normally I'm meh.) <3