Damn…
All of a sudden I’m old. I swear that when I went to bed last night I was young. I could run and jump, play ball with the kids, eat ice cream, drink beer, stay out all night and still make it to work the next morning with a smile on my face. But when I woke up this morning, it was a struggle to find my glasses before I could see good enough to even find my way to the bathroom to retrieve my teeth from the glass on the sink.
My mind tells me that I can still do all those things that I always just took for granted. But, I guess all my sweet moves on the field of play might have soured a bit. I probably should have known something was going on when they started asking me be the scorekeeper instead of a player. But, in my stubborn refusal to age, I did not pay attention ‘to everyone who ever knew me’ and attempted to join in on their reindeer games anyway. It only took a few minutes before my body parts looked at me in shame and decided to rebel.
Hey stupid ass…you want to quit that now. Cease and desist immediately or we’ll make you pay. And no amount of ibuprofen is going to fix it either.
But I did learn a valuable lesson. Whoever it was that said ‘No pain, no gain’ was younger than 30.
Jerry Brotherton 
Your writing was really easy to follow and real 👌🏿☺. Do you think you can build your feeling of youth back up?
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It all has to start in the head.
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I 💯 concur. No two ways about that 💪🏿
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Tell me about it….The world of old people are disappearing fast. Winter is coming
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In protest, I shall rise up from my comfy chair, stretch my arms into the air, let out a low moan and fart in defiance. Take that world.
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lol .. sadly I can really relate to this :(
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When I wake up in the morning and walk into the bathroom and look in the mirror, I’m always shocked to see some old man staring back at me.
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I often what is happening to my eyebrows. I can go to bed with normal eyebrows and wake up with a couple that have grown about two inches. They seem to be making their way down to meet the hair growing out of my nose.
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I feel the same. And then there are the rapidly growing nose and ear hairs! WTF?
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One of these days I am going to let one of them grow. Just one single nose hair growing down to my knee. See if that starts a new fashion statement.
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Let me know how that works out for you!
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Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rage at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Maybe start tomorrow though, I’ve done enough raging for one day !
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You’re right. As of this day, I vow to think about getting healthier.
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Join the club, Jerry :)
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It seem to be a popular club indeed.
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That’s funny, the same thing has happened to me. I’m beginning to think that, if I had just tried harder, I could still be 25.
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We have to start off slow. Follow me in my new exercise routine. Remote up…press button…remote down. Repeat
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My sentiments – exactly! Thanks for posting, Jerry.
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Thanks for reading Roland.
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Made me smile, Jerry!
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Thanks, I have decided that I will try to be more active so I started watching more sports on television. That will work by osmosis, right?
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Er…well, your arms haven’t lost their strength, have they? You could exercise them by raising and lowering a glass of beer perhaps?
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Good point. I could even add on a few extra slices of meat to my sandwich to make it heavier to qualify as weight lifting.
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Just love your posts. It’s raining in London – and I’m here with a coffee – laughing my head off!
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I thank you for your compliment. Enjoy your coffee and we sure could use the rain if you would send it our way.
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Gladly!
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Just catching up on posts after being away. I have missed quite a few. Love this one. I used to ramble up and down the country when I was younger, but now my knees tell me the shops are far enough thank you, and then complain bitterly all the way home, so I can relate to this. :D
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I’ve been thinking about using one of those electric carts to shop with.
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