It All Happened So Fast...

It's my mother's birthday today.
She's 60 years young.
I am 30 years old.

I am the exact same age she was when I was born.Turning 30 didn't make me feel old. My mother turning 60 did. I guess 'old' isn't the right word. I think it made me feel like I fell off my life plan. Knowing where she was at this time in her life and comparing that to where I am, I feel a little bit behind. And by a little bit, I mean a lot. At 30 years old, my mother was married, had 2 children, owned a house, had a career, a dog and a cat. She was with the man of her dreams and now that I had come along, she also had the child of her dreams. =) From what I understand, she didn't have the dog of her dreams, but life ain't perfect.

Me: Not married (single, in fact), no kids, I don't own a house and I don't have a dog or cat. I live with a dog and a cat, but they aren't mine. I own a car, I have a career and that's about where the similarities end. So now you can see where I feel little bit behind. I wonder where all the time went and how long have I been aimless floating through time. I think everyone gets lost at some point, it just takes some of us a little longer to be found. I don't know if I am found yet, but this sudden realization is certainly encouragement to hurry up and get found. We'll see how that works out.

On a happier note, I was searching for a special 60th birthday gift and kept coming across really strange ones. People have weird ideas around the word "special".

Here are a few of my favourites:
First item was this lovely door ornament. You lay it across the bottom of the door to keep out draughts. I'm guessing this appeals to old people as they are always concerned about draughts. I also learned that "draught" is the proper spelling, not 'draft'. I mostly included this piece as one of my favourites because it was educational and weird.


Next was a set of "Wobbly Wine Glasses". Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't people generally steer clear of 'wobbly' stemware? I would think it would be one of the last things you would want to have off balance and full of red wine. I think these all failed quality control as normal wine glasses and now the company has found a way to market them as novelty stemware. I applaud their efforts.

Last, but not least....quite possibly the best gift on the website...The Singing Bird Clock. Mother, if you are reading this, you almost got this as your present. Just imagine it, a bird chirping, in your kitchen, every 15 minutes. I was curious about the choice of bird used....was it a chickadee? a finch? perhaps a crow? One could only be so lucky to receive such a wonderful gift...

Then I remembered that I already bought her a gift when I was in Hong Kong last.....maybe for Christmas, Mom...

~Bean