i'm starting to feel really old

when i was 20, i had no concept of time or the future. it was all about the now. drinking, playing soccer, drinking some more, playing some more soccer, school occasionally and a girlfriend if i really cared. ask Any, he'll attest to this as well. i hit 30, five years ago and the concept of age started creeping into my mind, but wasn't prevalent. still plenty of drinking, school was long past done, work ruled my life and a steady psycho for a girlfriend. now i'm 35 and my body is creaking and falling apart and paining me on a daily basis. i now drink in moderation and going out on a weekend night is something i'd rather avoid. how times change. and i didn't really take notice until about 20 minutes ago when i was putting up some things i'd just purchased from the store. namely, pain killers. my medicine cabinet is beginning to look like a pharmacy. no joke. i've got allergy medication, gelcaps for drainage in my head, muscle relaxers and anti-inflamatories for my back, headache medicine, generic pain killers, daily vitamins that have 5 or 6 different pills in each package and some new cough drops to dull the pain in my throat (which kills the pain, but these cold-eeze are as flavorful as sucking on a tin can). and there's plenty more where that came from. and no, i'm not taking every single one of those on a daily basis, but it's getting out of hand. i'm now starting to vaguely understand what my parents were going thru at my age and wonder what it'll be like in ten or fifteen years. just give me my walker and make sure i get across the street ok, will ya?