The BIG 50!

Gosh, I made it to 50! The last 20 years have really gone by eh? I just got out of my Ph.D. program at 31, a post-doc later, I begin my career as a college prof at the ripe young age of 33. That was also about 40 lbs ago! Wow, 2 lbs per year! I have tried to stay in shape, but the ol' metabolism bug grabs you and makes it even tougher to keep the lbs off. But, I still eat healthy, exercise 4-5 times a week, lift weights 2x/wk, so I hope that I have at least 40 more years left! I always thought that if I made it into my 90's, it might be time to move on to higher ground! Based on an analysis I did on-line, relating to my health, lifestyle, current weight and my parents age and health, I will make it only to 81 yrs! That gives me 31 more to try to figure out this thing called life! Just kidding, I got that figured out. It is women I don't get! Ha, just kidding again, got them figured out too.

Waking up at 50, I access my life and find that other than a really stupid mistake I made in my 40's the hurt my family and got me deep in debt and the loss of my Mom, I have a pretty good life. I have a wonderful wife and daughter and my son is turning into an outstanding young man (15 yr old), I have a great position as a full prof doing what I enjoy doing, I have my health and I have re-devoted myself to Jesus Christ. Of course it would be nice to not have this debt, but, thanks to the Grace of God, my family has a nice home, we have plenty of food and we can pay our bills. So, at 50, it could be a lot worse and I want to make what time I have left, be it 31 or 40 yrs, count for as much as I can.

Here hoping that everyone either sees their 50th or their 90th in good health and in good stead with the Lord.

Good day.