Feeling Old

September 26, 2007 by Dave.

When you get to be over 30, there are times when we do something that makes you feel really old. Usually it’s something like making a reference that only people your age get—and usually no one in the room at that time is your age so people just stare at you. It’s usually that but it could be anything and sometimes it’s something not so public, in that only you know what it is.

So what is it that made me feel completely over the hill? I bought luggage. I never buy luggage! For the trip to New York, I bought red, telescoping handle, rolling luggage! Since I was a kid, I’ve always had backpacks or duffel bags to lug around with me. Something about that was easy, it’s compact, it still makes me feel like I can pick up and go camping at any time. This shit you can’t take into the back woods. Plus it’s that rolling luggage you see zipping through airports all the time. I don’t know why, but the second I paid for the damn thing, I felt like I aged about 10 years or so. If it weren’t for the fact that I desperately needed something to pack my clothes in at the time, I wouldn’t have bought it.

To add insult to injury, as I’m walking back to my mom’s house one evening, I see a good sized duffel bag being sold on the streets in New York. Of course since I already had the new luggage, there was no need to buy that duffel bag. Blech!

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