ANOTHER BIG ONE!!!!!!!!!

Well I have topped the hill, hit the slippery slope and gone over the edge into the World of the 60's. HOW IN THE WORLD DID THIS HAPPEN? 60 is "OLD". I always thought that people in their 60's were one step from the grave. It is time to make an appointment for my cataract surgery, to get a good pair of support hose, and order my hearing aids. I need to work on my obsession with bodily functions and get on a daily dose of Metamucil. I have noticed that my dinner time has slowly crept up over the years, and now I can officially know what senior citizen meal times are.

In honor of this big day, I will be making a tour of all of the local Nursing Homes to inspect their facilities in anticipation of being "Put Away". While out I may run by the Funeral Home and discuss pre-planning. WHO IN THE WORLD wants to pre-plan their funeral anyway? I will not be here and will not care! I also will run by the cemetery and see if I can find a lot with a view (as IF!) and maybe even look at a monument or two. I should have a busy day.

While making all these plans and arrangements for my "Official Old Age", I am also fitting in arranging for tomorrow's run. Today was our day to run and I was looking forward to a little "Birthday Five Miler" with my buds. I got up at early thirty and went to the other end of the house (don't want to wake BC) to see if it was still raining. I never trust the sounds, since we are in the midst of all these trees, so I turn on the light and open the back door to make SURE it is raining. It is-so back to bed I go. About the time I get in the bed, I hear my cell phone which is in the other end of the house. Back up I go, to talk with Babs & agree it is indeed raining. By the time I get back in the bed this time, it is TOO late I am good and awake. I should have just run in the COLD RAIN! So now we have to make up for today and get up again tomorrow. While I am out making my Nursing Home run, I need to be sure and ask if I will be allowed to have a pass to go for my morning runs. NOT EVEN THE NURSING HOME will stop that ritual.

So I have crossed the bridge and entered another decade. I must say I feel no different physically. I do not run as fast as I could at one time and maybe cannot lift quite as heavy weights, but I am still getting after the exercise. I can still keep our yard-maybe not as fast-but I still do the work. I really cannot think of anything I cannot do now. Perhaps age is a mind thing after all. All I can tell you for certain is that I pretty much feel the same as I did yesterday when still in my 50's and even 10 years ago in my 40's.

I thanked God today for Momma and Daddy and their love for me after bringing me into the world. I have always been blessed and the best blessing has been God's faithful love for me-even beyond reason through good and especially through the bad. I am Blessed!

Happy Birthday, Old Girl!