ALMOST

Someone asked my age the other day and without a pause I answered. Then it hit me. OMG! I'm old. I don't want to offend anybody about age and all that. Coz I know 46 isn't really old. But, geez! I am old. Seems like only yesterday when I just had my first menstrual period. And I thought ly life was over then. I was 12. Suddenly I'm no longer allowed to go out wearing shorts. I have to be home before dark. I was not allowed to play with boys anymore. Thank God, my BFF back then was gay. LOL!! (He's still my BFF.) Then, those days in Highschool - how can one forget? My first crush in Freshman year. Yeah, that one was so nice to me, only because he was in love with my close friend that year. And they ended up together for many years. Sophomre year was so boring. I was in a pilot section and yes, I was one of the geeks. LOL!! Junior year was the best for me. That was the year I learned how to put an eyeliner and lipstick. Started raiding bookstores and sidewalk vendors for posters of my celebrity crushes, like Shaun Cassidy. Leif garret was nice looking, too, but I loved dark-haired men. The Senior year was a mixed feeling for me. I was the class president only because there were more girls in our class who voted for me. Obviously the other contender was a boy. Everyone voted for our VP, Secretary, Treasurer, Sgt-at-arm, Class Muse and her Escort. I had a huge crush on our Escort, of course because he was so good looking! But he never paid any attention to me, fortunately not to any other girls in our class, too. Or so I thought! Or so he said. College came. I really had to be serious with my studies. I was going to be a Medical Doctor. That was the plan, at least. I was taking BS Medical Technology for a pre-med. Graduated the course but that was it. Never went to Medical School for countless reasons. Started working right away. Had my son when I was 22. Immigrated to USA almost 2 years after that. Then, everything was fast-forward! Or so it seems. So many things happened, and yet seems like nothing registered in my mind. And now.. I'm almost 50! Well, almost!