When did I get so OLD?

We've been at the Midwest Dental Conference for the past few days. It's been a very productive meeting and a lot of fun, partially due to the fact that it was Glynn's TEN YEAR REUNION.

So in addition to building a ton of contacts and beginning our long journey towards pediatric dentistry world domination, there were several social events that we attended with Glynn's class.

I'd not met most of the people in his class due to the fact that they all graduated the year before I started dental school. I was pleasantly surprised that most of them were really nice, interesting people and I feel like I made a few new friends.

Our last night of the conference, Glynn's class was having a reunion dinner, to be followed by a "concert" at the neighboring bar. One of Glynn's classmates has been playing in a band since the mid-80's, and they were playing a gig in a small bar that evening.


Dinner was fantastic. Excellent food, engaging conversation, entertainment and laughs. I thoroughly enjoyed myself, and Glynn was in hog heaven. After wrapping up dinner, we all headed across the street to watch Andrew and his band play.


It was packed, wall-to-wall, standing room only, drunk 20-somethings all over the place. My first thought was, "How did I EVER do this?" followed quickly by an "I'm WAY too old for this f-ing shit."


10 years ago, great. I would have drank cheap beer and danced with the best of them.

Now? I stifled a yawn and looked around in disdain at all of the young, stupid people that had nothing better to do than go out and get hammered and act like assholes. Shortly after that thought, someone bumped into me and dumped half of their drink down my back.

Maybe I just needed to drink more. Who knows.

But now I'm wondering: Have I just grown up? Or have I grown old?


I don't think I want to know the answer.