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August 22, 2007
Evidence of Aging
First of all - scratch that recent post of mine regarding fall. When I ran this afternoon it was 85 degrees and humid as all get out. Yep, summer is still here. :)
So anyway, the Pitt freshman moved into the dorms today. Utter chaos always ensues when the Pitt students come back. There isn't enough room for parking as is. Wait until the upper classmen come back too. Serious weeping and gnashing of teeth. Anyway, as I was walking down to work I made a very disturbing discovery. These young, new college students, about to be on their very own for the first time looked...well...they looked so YOUNG! I couldn't believe my eyes. If you lined them up I would have guessed 15 or 16 tops.
I mentioned this to my co-worker of which she replied "well you know Beth, they are 10 years younger than you." Ouch. 10 years?! Since when did I get old? And before you start - I know, 28 isn't old, I know. But I'm pretty sure I can no longer associate with a college crowd, that is unless I want to be the one that is 10 years older than everyone else. Oh my.
This got me to thinking about medical students and residents. Each July a new batch comes to Presby. And each July I note how young the new residents look. You see when I started at my current job I was younger than the residents - they have 4 years of college THEN 4 years of medical school, then residency. But now I'm older and it's not too cool. Before you know it I'll be older than the new fellows and then *gasp* older than new attending physicians! A very disturbing trend for sure...although a trend I'm unlikely to stop or alter. Ah...such is life... :)
I digress! Training for the day - 3500 yd swim this morning including 5x500, 2 of which were pull. One day my arms will be strong and I'll be able to pull well. That day has not come yet. After work I came home for an easy 30 minute run and weights at the YMCA.
I was definitely the slacker of the household in terms of training today though. O put in a big day with his cross country kids - 7 miles in the morning including 15x400 w/minimal rest @80 and then another 6 miles at afternoon practice. It's been a LONG time since I did that kind of big mileage on my legs. And you know what? I don't miss it one bit... :)
Have a great night everyone!
Posted by beth at August 22, 2007 7:26 PM
Comments
Speaking of old, that workout sure has me feeling old right now.....
My "old moment" happened at the YMCA about a year ago. I was shooting basketball on one end of the gym, while some high school kids were shooting at the other end. I noticed that there was almost enough to play a pick-up game with full squads and was hoping to get in on the action.
Sure enough, one of the youngsters did come over to me. I was so excited to hoop it up. However, he says to me, "Uh, sir. Can you move to one of the side baskets so we can play a full-court game?"
Ouch--not only was I not asked to play, I was asked to get off the court and out of their way.
One other old moment, last fall I was teaching a math lesson on powers of 10 and Richter scale and mentioned the San Francisco earthquake of 1989. I got blank stares and the juniors said, "Uh, we weren't even alive then." Double ouch.
Posted by: O at August 22, 2007 7:50 PM
Dude - that's more like quadruple ouch. Wow - you are old. He called you "sir".... :)
Posted by: Beth at August 22, 2007 7:53 PM
Thanks, Beth. You have impeccable timing, what with this entry being posted on the eve of my 29th birthday. Suddenly I feel old, too. A neighbor said to me the other day (which made me feel happily younger), "Oh, this is your first 29th birthday? I've been having 29th birthdays for several years now." :)
Posted by: Meghan at August 22, 2007 9:48 PM