Milestones

I feel like I've entered a new stage in my aging process. I passed two milestones in my life this weekend. The first one was getting a pair of scissors...a tiny pair of scissors. We're all friends here so we can talk about body hair, can't we? The purpose of the scissors? Trimming too long nostril hairs. Now, having hair growing from one's nostrils is certainly not a new phenomenon for me and I assume for most men. And I've been trimming or yanking them out for a few years now, so that isn't the milestone either. Up till now I have used too big scissors, or nail clippers or any other implement I thought might get the job done. But now, I am the owner of a small pair of scissors whose sole purpose for me is to trim my nose hairs. Does that make me an old man now?

The next milestone has to do with my not very good sleeping abilities and a certain beverage of which I like to drink way too much. Coffee. For the very first time in my life, this evening I ordered a decaffeinated Americano. I've drank de-caf before but in those instances it was either forced on me, given to me unawares, or there was no regular good old caffeinated coffee to be had. Tonight I actually ordered and paid for a decaffeinated coffee of my own accord. Apparently my sleep is now more important to me than my coffee. That may take a little while to sink in. For the record, it tasted alright and no one seemed to notice. As I was up way too late last night and am tired, I don't know that this is a good night to judge whether or not the lack of caffeine affected my sleep at all. That said, I'm off to bed.