Man. In a funk. Doesn't help that today has been various degrees of cold, grey, howling wind, and pouring rain, but on top of that the weekends--my time--go by in a flash and then I have to slog through another week to get to a fleeting weekend while every week that goes by I get older and my old dog gets older. My old cat also gets older but it isn't as noticeable with her. Pushing hard on 50 and really starting to see aging the past few years. You can ignore things like your forehead getting taller and wrinkles, but you can't ignore having to put on glasses to read small print or having a hard time hearing high end sounds. Add to that that both my parents died at 79 and it isn't that upbeat. I'm beyond "middle-aged." I suspect I'll be able to retire in 15 years or so, but that's less thrilling, knowing that I get 15 years after that. :/ Oh, and I've got that damned "100 Years" by 5 for Fighting stuck in my head.