Ok, so 42 isn't quite as eventful as turning the big 4-0 but I suppose it's better being closer to 40 than to 50.  We had a nice family day, a quick date with the wife seeing Pineapple Express and then some friends and family over for ice cream cake.

Two years ago I put together a little song to celebrate my 4th decade of trips around the sun.  Here's hoping there's at least another 42 or more to go!

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40

 I've heard it said that fifty is the halfway point

But in my mind I'm thinking more like forty

Don't show me charts and graphs stating otherwise

I see what I see in the obituaries.

It's time I took a second look at my life

To see that things are going to the plan

A wife and kid, a job, yes it all checks out

Maybe next week I buy a trans am

Welcome to forty, life has only half begun

More grey hair on even less hair, man this is a lot of fun

Back in my twenties life was pretty great

Out on my own with little to my name

I had good health, my hair was brown, the chicks were fine

Getting out of bed I never thought about my spine

Hit my thirties life was sorta going fast

There was a house, a kid, oh and my wife

Settled in and settled down it's quite alright

I'm well prepared for the next stage of life

Welcome to forty, life has only half begun

More grey hair on even less hair, man this is a lot of fun

Welcome to forty, I should be glad I got this far

Ulcers and pinched nerves, more than I deserve

But at least I still got my guitar, but I'm thinking it's too late to be a rock star

And can't you see, it's my reality

The sand of time, it's about halfway

It's not all bad, and I'm gonna make it last

I've got a long way till fifty!

I know I said that forty is the halfway point

But in my mind I'm hoping more like fifty.