all quid pro quo about our asses.

I want to have this phrase's little phrase-babies.

Lake sharks are so totally real. I am certain of it.

And I was looking at my nails today and I realized how old my hands look.

I have a bottle of lotion with sunscreen in my car now. Trying to get into the habit of using it everytime I get into my car. I really don't want my hands to look any older. So sunscreen, early and often.

The knees started making noise in my teens, though. I had some sympathy for the evil stepsister whose knee creaked in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Cinderella.

My knees used to click loudly when I was younger. Now, 100 pounds heavier and 30 years older, they don't make any noise. I cannot explain it, but I'm okay with it.

I have a bottle of lotion with sunscreen in my car now. Trying to get into the habit of using it everytime I get into my car. I really don't want my hands to look any older. So sunscreen, early and often.

I keep GLOVES in my car. Vintage (almost-)elbow-length cotton gloves. That's how much I fear the effect of the sun on my hands.

I wonder if the crap hair and skin is all just aging. Forty is turning out to be harsh on the body.

Forty is harsh, no lie. The change in hair is definitely a sign of aging. I switched over the demi permanent hair color and that seems to have helped, and regular oil treatments.

Do you wear the gloves outside of driving? I mostly just want freshly applied sunscreen if I am going to be outside. And that's working to an extent. But covering them would achieve the same results.

I need to remember to put sunblock on my hands. I'd wear gloves, but I'd have to not wear the enormous rings, and that is just not an option.

For me the hardest effect of aging has been the veins in my legs. Yes, pregnancy has made it worse but it's not like I have Duggar-levels of children. But I'm 37 and my legs look about 70. Lots of varicose veins up and down each leg and spider veins everywhere. They don't hurt (much) yet but I am considering medical options because I think I will need it eventually and at this point in life, I would still like to wear dressed and shorts. (if I wear leggings, you can see my bulging veins through them.)

I've just noticed the line in my forehead. Hi Dad! Thanks!

Also, this waking up at 5 (actually, earlier)? For the birds. Or whatever. Officially got to work before sunrise. In the winter.

My teenage aversion to lying out in the sun for hours to get a tan seems to have paid off, as my skin seems to me to be pretty good for 52. Avoiding sun damage by accident! Aside from that, it's all genetics, which I can't take much responsibility for.