Today at church

Today after church meetings I was talking with Maria - somewhere during our conversation Maria humorously declared that she was an adult.. and she continued .. "so are you.. you are a mother now, that makes you an adult".

I am.. I am an adult. It's so strange, because I don't feel like one. Somehow I feel like I'm fooling everyone. I'm turning 30 next year.. it's not that turning 30 scares me, but when I think about when I was younger and I looked at people who were 30 and married with children, I looked at them as adults, and I guess that means that I really am one too.
Maria's daughter came as we were discussing the subject, and Maria asked her, if she thought that Maria, was old. "no, you're young"... okay, she then asked if she at least thought that she was an adult.. "no, you are young". Isn't that lovely? Maria has definitely trained her daughter well.
But seriously age is such a strange thing. I remember when I was in nursing school (long time ago - a way different story) I had to interview 3 elderly people about being old. I called my grandmother who was 75 at the time. I had a list of questions to ask her, I can't remember any of them, nor her answers, but I do remember that she mentioned that she thought it felt a bit strange to interviewed about being old, because she didn't feel old at all.
So maybe it's not that strange that I think I'm fooling everyone into believing that I'm adult now, when my own grandmother at 75 felt the same way.

Except the other night I felt very old.. I guess it all depends on the situation. We went on our first date (post baby). We went to the cinema to watch Harry Potter (oh yeah.. very mature.. right!). Okay, so maybe the movie didn't make me feel old, but being at the cinema did. I was irritated by people talking during the movie, a was finding the seats uncomfortable. I was missing my coffee-table, because how are you suppose to balance your drink, popcorn, candy,(and coat and handbag) in a seat with only one cup-holder? I felt a bit like an old lady who would have preferred her own couch in her own living room.(I did enjoy the movie though).

Age is a strange thing!