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 THIS week has brought about yet more personal insights, as life often does.

I am leaving some of the other topics from the social weekend I had for another time, it needs more pondering over so as not to cause offence to anyone that may read it! You have to be so careful!

ON Saturday I am off with my husband to 'Edfest!' WE are going to be seing Iron Maiden as headliners, with Airborne, The Hu, The Almighty and The Darkness all playing too. It should be one epic musical treat!

I'VE been planning our trip because it's at Knebworth, over 4 hours drive away and we are staying overnight in the camper. I've been sorting and cleaning the van for us, planning food, what I will wear and this is where the weird reality hit me that I was finally an adult. I looked at the weather forecast to see what I would need to pack and wear! 

LET'S go back to 16 -year old me, going to Monsters of Rock at Castle Donnington, to see AC/DC and Metallica plus others. I put on a t shirt and denim jacket and off I went, no thought at all about the weather, I left those worries and concerns to my Mum and Dad, they were the ones to be concerned about that. Because of course, we do not mature until at least the age of 25, we think only emotionally up to that point, practical thinking isn't an option. 

BUT this time, I said to my husband that I didn't know if I should take a jacket because it may get cool later on! It made me laugh a lot, that realisation that the practical things matter, and I am now responsible for those things. And I wasn't irresponsible before this week, I am a very organised person, practicalities are one of my special traits! But it was the realisation that going to rock gig and worrying about maybe being cold later, didn't really suit the rock n roll lifestyle!

AND I would be sober at this epic gig! That's another big deal, although to be fair over the years I've driven to loads of gigs and not had a drink, so that bit isn't too difficult, but I have changed, and for the better it has to be said. In my mind I'm still 16, I like to think I have a youthful outlook on life, but I do like to be warm in the chilly evenings! Comfort is important now.

WHAT is the biggest change that you have noticed as you've aged? Let me know! 

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