april 22

in about 40 minutes, it will be april 22. this is a day that i have referred to in the past as my "half birthday" which means that it is exactly 6 months from my birthday (in either direction if you're not good with math). so, i will be 24.5 years old. ugh. for some reason, i'm not getting any younger. why does it work that way? how come i'm getting older and older? every day, a little bit older.
***holy crap! i just got up to get a drink. i choked on my drink and almost died!!! ok, maybe i didn't actually almost "die" but i coughed for like 2 whole minutes, it was horrible. i think that's what death would feel like***
so i was thinking a bit ago about when i was much much much younger and what i thought my life would be like when i got older. i remember i used to think i would get married when i was like 20, probably because my parents got married at 19 so that's what i knew. now, i'd be glad to be married by the time i'm 40. actually, that's not true. i pretty much hate women at the moment and can't even think about marrying any one of them. but i digress.
i don't want to keep getting older. in 6 months i will be 25, which means that i will be 30 in 5.5 years! that's not that long at all. thats less than the amount of time that i've been in gainesville and that hasn't been long at all. i'm supposed to be like completely settled by the time i'm 30. awesome wife, house, children (at least the possibility of children very very soon at that point -- i mean, i don't want to be one of those really old dads), very secure job, good car, etc... am i gonna be able to put all of that together in 5.5 years? i guess we shall see.