Forever Young

What do I do at night when my husband is at my parent's house catching up on LOST? Wikipedia my upcoming age: 26. Yes, the big day is Thursday, and yes, I just used "wikipedia" as a verb...sue me. Normally birthdays send me into fits of giddiness, but this year I find myself unprepared. Unprepared for accepting that I'm officially in the second half of my twenties. I'm SURE my students think of me as a washed-up grown up who is always telling them to spit out their gum, pull up their pants (Baldo would want me to add that he hears that a lot too), and watch their language.

But wasn't it just yesterday when I was able to stay up later than 11:00? Wear a swimsuit without worrying about what my thighs looked like? Eat Top Ramen everyday without care? Stand up after sitting cross-legged without my knees going into shock? Will myself to do a backflip off the diving board?

When did this happen?

At least I don't have gray hair...yet.

Dramatics aside, let's look at number 26's claims to fame:

a rhombicuboctahedron has 26 sides

26 letters in the English alphabet

men can no longer be drafted in the US at age 26 (lucky for me?)

26 is the gematric number of the true name of god- YHWH

26 is the atomic number of iron

26 is the number of spacetime dimensions in bosonic string theory (sounds exciting)

in a normal deck of cards there are 26 red cards and 26 black cards

there are often 26 episodes in a television program each year

See? 26 is exciting. I have tons to look forward to, unless I was hoping to be drafted. But then I would have to be a man...

When is Baldo coming home?