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40 sucks!

"40 is the new 20".... yeah, whoever decided that lied. I've been 40 for 4 months now and I would like to cancel my subscription please. And I'm not even sure if it's actually the turning of 40, or the fact that I am in that "middle aged" season of my life where nothing is fun anymore, I'm constantly tired, my back hurts if I sneeze, and my weekends are spent cleaning the house no one ever seems to want to clean during the week.  And I'm not saying I don't appreciate having a house to clean and kids to run places, but sometimes I would like to just stay out till 2 AM dancing and drinking with friends by a bonfire and not have to wake up at the ass crack of dawn the next day. Or go on a vacation that doesn't include theme parks and 400 bathroom breaks, and barf bags and gravol because kids get car sick, and a car that smells like a locker room because boys are disgusting.  I also thought being married in my 40's would be a whole lot mo...