I am 47 its official!.

Wow! 47. Whats that like?. well its 04.40 in the morning to start with, as last night I consumed Vodka, so as one cannot tolerate booze as much as one used to, am settling for a cup of Earl Grey, and two Paracetamol.
It is a great adventure, trying to understand your own mortality, you think a lot more of the future, and I don't mean in that depressing way, more of will I ever get that country cottage and grow my vegetables?, while Katie sits by the log fire with the cats. The down side is jumping out of bed in the morning and finding your legs have different ideas and your walking like a zombie for a minute, my muscular elasticity slowly dissipated with my eyesight.
I still find stress an issue at work, not helped by long hours, the stress manifests itself in a physical form with me, like a slight dizziness, annoying, but important as it reminds me to slow down; and that's the trick. I counsel lots of people of my similar age, whom more often than not become convinced they have some form of physical affliction, when in fact, they are symptoms of stress. Then theres this 100 things to do before I die idea, some I have done, but this is perhaps a good president, maybe I really should buy a insane American car, because I always wanted to, and people would say,'hey, that's Alan, he used to own that huge Oldsmobile!'.
The Divorce was not of my making,unless you allow for the fact I picked the wrong woman!. Being Roman Catholic I really don't believe in it, and being half Irish, I am very family led. but this has opened up a new life for me, which at times still is dizzily exciting for me, and I totally am enjoying that journey with Katie. So Divorce isn't really that bad, it has its compensations. And by no choice of my own it serves as a reminder, that change is ever constant, along with priorities.
So at 47 lots of things to do, meet Film stars, Mad cars, parachuting, hedonistic orgies etc. so much to do... And as an afterthought, I want to say 'Thank You' to all the friends and family whom have wished me a Happy Birthday, and I am always thinking of you all.