— Insights of Over 30-something mom

Have you experienced this ladies? Just last month, as I was going through my usual routine of preparing my kid to school, I had a serious mid-week crisis. No, not midlife crisis. Mid-week. I don’t know if it was brought about by stress or hunger or whatever. I think I hadn’t eaten anything that particular morning.

You see, for the past four years I have been a mild-mannered, laid-back stay-at-home mom. It is a strange life compared to the rat race I came from. I was used to rushing to meet deadlines and sales targets that it was difficult for me stay put in one corner doing nothing. Now, the only deadline I need to meet is my daughter’s toilet time.

On the midweek in question, I passed by a garbage dump after I brought my kid to school. I saw an old lady with a cute Gucci bag. She was dressed decent enough but the odd thing was, she was fishing a hamburger out of the trash. I took a second look (to see if her bag was genuine) and saw her placing the burger inside the designer bag she carried. Now, I don’t want to judge or anything but she was properly dressed and she looked normal to me. Which got me thinking, and I thought real deep. Will I do the same thing when I grow old?

Would I walk some old streets with a designer bag and pick up spoiled food from a trash bin? Honestly, the disturbing image of the old lady made me fear growing old even more. It made me desperate. It made me go to my manicurist and tried on a different shade of nail polish. It nearly made me want to chop off my hair and try sporting shorter hair. I even considered overdosing on glutathione and other anti-aging supplements.

This is not a laughing matter. I don’t want to spend my old age going through other people’s garbage or walking on some random streets singing vintage Madonna’s songs. Seriously.