Feeling Older...

I'm feeling much older than I normally do based on the fact that we are approaching the 40 year anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Walk.

I remember laying on the living room floor of my parent's house and watching all the coverage of the journey that the Apollo 11 flight crew was undertaking. The night that they were actually going to be walking on the moon, I tried to stay awake but, I couldn't keep my 10 year old eyes open and unfortunately fell asleep and did not hear Neil Armstrong's momentous words or actions live. I woke up as the announcers were recounting the event and preparing for the second walk that was to take place later the following day.

Another event that I'm also astounded is going to be passing the 40 year anniversary point is the music festival at Woodstock. That was such a momentous occasion and given the close proximity that my parent's house had to that event, led to a much stronger connection to that event than the moon walk.

I remember my parent's basically talking about the event and proclaiming that there is a lot naked hippies running around up there and insisted that my sister and I remain indoors over the course of those three days because they were sure that there was "going to be something in the air filtering over to our area" and didn't want us exposed to this "threat"...

I chuckle today thinking of those times and my parent's naive reaction to this event that they clearly did not understand.

...sigh... memories....pressed between the pages of my.... ah, never mind...