It hadn’t really affected me.
I didn’t really care.
It didn’t seem like that big a deal.

Then the local news paper sent me a mail. 

It’s more than a month until my birthday but I guess now, on September 11:th, it all begins. 
The paper sent me a letter to congratulate me and to offer me a free add, or notice, regarding my birthday. I won’t take them up on it.

It’s a bit crap to see the 30 in print. 

I guess I just have to face the fact that I’m over the hill, done fore, yesterdays news, the fat lady who sings, hell frozen over, a bit too old, grandpa…