For My Birthday I'd Like a Time Machine (written January 31 2011)

Since turning 30 I have started to feel the aging process.  It was on the day I turned 30 that I found my first white hair!  I have since found about a dozen of them.  I am really nervous about the fact that one day I will have to start dying my hair.  I have not dyed my hair since grade12.  I wonder what color I should pick?  It will definitely not be that shade of orange that one inhabited my hair.  Over the past month several events have happened which have contributed to me feeling "old".  Brady turned 14 on friday!  WTF?  Where did the time go?  I still can't believe that I am the parent of a 14 year old.  Sometimes I wish he could age as slow as his matureness is developing.  Being 10 years old forever can't be too bad.  Recently I have moved up a line in the Oil of Olay products.  I don't feel like I am getting the benefits of younger skin that my current line of products advertises.  Who knows if these products actually work.  I have been using Oil of Olay since I was 12 years old.  I'm pretty sure it is the benefit of having a sunscreen based product on my face since 12 that has contributed to my lack of wrinkles......oh and genetics too.  On our last trip home during the holidays I left my face wash behind.  I really didn't feel like spending a lot of money on the face wash I usually use so I decided to use a cheaper brand (plus my face had broken out a little bit so I wanted something to clear up the blemishes).  Biggest mistake ever!  This face wash felt like it burnt my skin and for the next week my skin felt scaly and was so dry it started peeling.  I was definitely not giving this face wash a second chance so into the garbage it went.  I am back to my Oil of Olay face wash and have moved up a line to the Total Effects line cleansers and moisturizers.  Looking at all the creams and medications in the pharmacy I often wonder if maybe I  could whip up some great face cream.  I longingly look at the bottles of drugs and hope to one day see some type of miracle drug that will reverse the aging process but I have not found any.  However there are 3 boxes of Botox in the freezer and tons of needles.  A young boy (he was probably 12) came into the pharmacy one night asking if we sold any blank tapes.  The pharmacist and I looked at each other and shook our heads.  We thought about it for a moment and came up with The Source or Walmart.  The boy said he had already looked there.  I said that I don't think they make them anymore.  He walked away and commented something about being back in the 70's.  How old did this boy think I was?  It was Brady's birthday weekend so we bought a ton of junk food, and ordered pizzas.  Brian, Jorja and I watched a movie called Alpha and Omega.  We commented on how they could make a video game based on this movie, like the video game the Lion King.  I clearly thought that I owned this video game for the Game Cube.  Brian pointed out that it was not for the Game Cube but the Sega Genesis!  Holy crap the Sega Genesis, that is so old!  Eating all that food this weekend was not a very good idea.  My kidneys were so sore when I woke up and I was so dehydrated.  What happened to the days when I could eat like crap everyday and wake up feeling fine.  Since I had the entire weekend off we decided to rent a bunch of movies this weekend.  Jorja doesn't go to bed until after 10 so we didn't get to watch the good movies until after she was asleep.  Staying up past midnight is not so easy anymore.  Recently I saw a link on someone's Facebook page.  It was an ad off Craigslist  for a companion to share a working time machine.  I wish I could post the link here but it has since been removed.  I wish I could have a time machine.  I would love just to go back every now and then and relive some of my past.  I would definitely indulge in a nap or two.  There would of course be a few trips back to the days in the Tempo.  A night at Wileys and Animals.  A day when Brady was a baby and a day when Jorja was a baby.  I wouldn't go back to change anything but just to experience some of the best moments in my life again.