The July of My Life

So you know that song in Pippin “No Time at All” where the grandmother sings that “spring will turn to fall / in just no time at all” to indicate how quickly you move through life? Or the saying, “a May-December” romance?

I spent way too much time trying to figure out how the months correspond to ages. I had to work backwards from the end of the year:

December = 91 – 100
November = 81 – 90
October = 71 – 80
September = 61 – 70
August = 51 – 60
July = 41 – 50
June = 31 – 40
May = 21 – 30
April = 11 – 20
March = 0 – 10

And I guess January and February are a dark zone.

So I’m in the July of my life. Common vacation period in the northern hemisphere. Hot temperatures. Trips to the beach. Abundance of pick-your-own fruit.

Do they say the opposite in the southern hemisphere? That fall will turn to spring? An October-March romance?

This is what happens when I have too much time on my hands.