It's so nice that we can still discover things about each other after all this time. ;P That's cool, though. I tried riding when I was about twelve or so, but my learning depended on the friend of my parents who had the horse, and that was fairly inconsistent. I still like horses though.

Yes, get a helmet. We likes your skull.

By the way, if this is a midlife crisis, it's a) somewhat early, and b) not as bad as it could be. You could be trying to figure out how to buy a Ferrari. ;)