45 and still alive!

I am 45 today. What does this mean?

1) 25 years ago I was 20 (!) 25 years from now I will be 70!!!
2) I will have to check a different box on surveys that ask your age range.
3) I am on the "hump year" of my 40's (kind of like Wednesday is the hump day of the work week,...)
4) I am in the WORST physical shape of my life. Lovely
5) Menopause is right around the corner, beckoning me with a crooked finger.
6) I am 15 years away from a discounted cup of coffee at McDonald's.
7) I am 10 years away from qualifying for membership in AARP!
8) I am most DEFINITELY middle aged! If I live to be 90, that is.
9) I can finally appreciate all the complaints of aches and pains my parents have been grumbling about all these years.

10) And the most important part of being 45 is...

I have an amazing family, incredible friends, a wonderful life, all my mental faculties and I have rediscovered my love of writing after too many dormant years.

So here's to being 45! It's sure better than the alternative!