What You See Is What You Get!

On New Years Eve it suddenly hit me that I will turn 60 this year. To us Baby Boomers this is quite a shock. We thought that we would be young, nimble and important forever. We thought that the world was meant to revolve around us and that we were "The Generation of all Generations" Well we are finding out that we are still the biggest generations( and yes that includes our waistlines) but our only real impact at this point is our forthcoming strain on Social Security. When we get together the conversation usually comes around to the parts of our bodies that either do not work anymore are at least not working as well. All the pro athletes look like they could be our grandchildren and when we see that really hot young woman she is nice to us because we remind her of their grandfather. Well what we up in youthful vigor we make up in knowledge of life and maturity.
What started all this was I was standing in the Narthax of our church after service this morning and was approached by one of my high school classmates. She was one of the popular girls and many thought she was really something. Now we talk about her grandchildren. Anyway she told me she had been at a 60th. birthday party last night for one of our classmates( there is one of those 60 numbers again) She saw one of the guys that I was friends with in grade school and high school. Bill and I haven't seen each other since our 10th. high school reunion so by we have gone out and lived our lives. It turns out he is now living about only 1 mile from me. Sandy is getting me his phone number. It would be good to have a cup of coffee with him. We have no relationship at this point except "the past" but it would be good to see him and see what his life has been like. I would here of Bill once in a while over the years from mutual friends but he was like a ghost that exsisted only on the edge of my knowledge and existantce. It would be nice to bring him into focus a little more. It is said that 60 is the new 40. Well I hope that is true because it seems to me that I have a lot more living to do and a lot more things to see. Well so much for now.

Well we went to Cal. and we are back. We had a wonderful time and it was the perfect Christmas. Todd and Sarah worked really hard to make the family Christmas much like it always has been. Wow did they ever succeed. The location was different and the weather was different but the feeling was the same. As we move through life things change but love does not change.
Brad, Cheryl, and I went to 11pm. service at church on Christmas Eve and than came home and went to bed. We were back up at 4am. to go to the airport. Although we should have been really tired(we were) we were still all excited to get on with our adventure. All went well on the flight and getting to L.A. and getting the rental. We drove away from LAX and saw more of LA than we did the last time. I am still not all that impressed. There is something about seeing gang signs painted on the exit sign for Beverly Hills that makes you wonder. We got to Lancaster and had a great meal that Todd and Sarah had made for us. Wow did it ever taste good. We opened gifts and they had made all of our favorite Christmas snacks. All we needed was Bob and Marti.
We went to L.A. on Tues and went to the LaBraia Tar Pits(very interesting) and ended the day on the beach at Santa Monica next to the pier watching the sun set. Well we have never done that on Christmas before. We ate downtown Santa Monica and watched street performers. The next day we went around in Lancaster and saw the sights and also where Sarah works. Boy, was it cold a wind chill of 37 and 50 mile per hour winds. Welcome to So. Cal.
The trip seemed to be too short as they always are but it left us wanting to back and spend more time.
Was it different? Yes! But, it was great to be with our kids and to feel the love of Christmas.