When I was a kid, my older brother and my younger sister (and maybe one of our stuffed animals) would play monopoly. Eventually my brother would always own almost all the properties, but he wouldn't let the game end. If somebody was bankrupt, he would give them just enough charity to keep them circling hopelessly around the board.

That's how I feel. My game is over. I'm almost 50 and I didn't play the game well at all. My only hope is to finish the next 20 years without a tragedy and die from something that doesn't take too long or hurt too much.

Anybody else have these types of feelings due to aging? I know 50 is not that old, but I'm starting to feel my age lately. I'm tired.