What's This Growing Out of My Nose???

33 days marks not only the end of the year but I will be 35 years and 1 day old. I took a good hard look at myself in the mirror this morning and reflected about the last 332 days. I thought about what my accomplishments were and what things I really was hoping osmosis would take care of but, as always, didn't. Or, as my dad so eloquently put it, "Shit in one hand, wish in the other and tell me which one fills up faster."

I also took a look at my body. Starting at the top of my head I noticed my fair hair getting even thinner - thanks paternal side of the family! , I am having to color my hair more frequently than ever to cover up the now probably 65% gray -I don't know if that's an accurate number but I will never not color my hair now to find out. My eyes move down to my forehead - now I may be "almost" 35 but my skin still thinks it's a teenager in the throws of puberty, down to my eyebrows - starting to thin out as well, though not in a shapely fashion with some wild squirelly eyebrow hairs making their way to forming a unibrow. I am now staring at my own eyes - the eyelids are starting to sag and a few teeny crow's feet are branching out. I am now looking at my nose - I have to say, I've always liked my nose but what's this?! This is something new. It's a big black hair curling around and out of my nostril making it's way out into the world! I screamed and reached for the tweezers. I told that black barb "Hasta La Vista, Baby!" only to realize that I had a battle on my hands as this hair had many friends and they were all not going down without a fight. I finally overcame but was in tears and a sneezing fit.

I had to postpone my reflection for another day when I can resume my self- examination of what my body has turned into after 35 years of living. I wish that Doctor 90210 was actually Doctor 83843 so I could get myself a complete overhaul. Oh well, shit in one hand..........