Well this is a hole with no bottom or list with no end or other expressions that mean roughly the same thing!
2. I'm aware of every joint I've injured ever. It all twinges periodically and my ankle which I managed to spectacularly break lets me know when it's going to rain more accurately than any weather report.
3. If I have been sitting down for long periods of time I don't just bounce up and go on my way. There's always a few limping steps first (see #2) and some occasional stretching that must be done.
5. I've noticed that I don't get called "miss" anymore in public - it's always "ma'am".
6. I accidentally turned the camera around on my phone and was horrified to get a very close and unexpected look at my face. Who knew the Grand Canyon had taken up residence between my eyebrows. Thankfully wrinkle cream helps diminish that a bit.
7. I now know that wrinkle cream helps.
That's all the signs I can think of at the moment but I'm sure I'm forgetting some (which maybe should be #8!). What made you realize you might be getting older?
Ha love these and so agree! Especially number 1.
ReplyDeleteSo true! I was sitting on the floor recently and when I went to get up I was all stiff and twingy- when did THAT start happening? lol and organic food. I can relate. :)
ReplyDeleteOMG yes - especially to numbers 1-3! Why does standing up hurt?! Makes me never want to sit!
ReplyDeleteGreat list! Creaking joint and not bouncing up is so true. If I do bounce up, I usually hurt myself. It's funny but not really. Getting old is not for the weak!
ReplyDeleteI hear you on the ankle. Last night I got up and when I put weight on it, I had a hard time getting going at first. GR.
ReplyDeleteOK, I suspect all of you are much younger than I am. I know you are Katherine! That being said, would you really want to be 18 or 22 again. My word, I would not. Yes, I'm creaky in the mornings, but it always seems to be a different spot each day and disappears after a bit. I take that as a good thing. And trying to remember things. And trying to see things. And the fact that my joints in my hands are getting a little knobbly. But...I feel like I can smile when young mothers talk about this or that regarding their little ones and I can assure them that, yes indeed, this too shall pass. I can tell people that adult daughters are lovely and yes, you will get past the teens. I can smile at the sweet grandchildren that all my friends from my teens are acquiring. And I can appreciate that guy that I first spent time with when I was in my early teens, that I married 36 years ago, and that I'm so happy to be getting 'knobbly and wrinkled' with. Nice post, Katherine!!
ReplyDeleteHaha. I am the same way after sitting down for a while. It's like my ankles don't want to flex like they used to.
ReplyDeleteLaughing because I know you are still rather young. But I can assure you they all apply into the sixties, especially that turning the camera. Love your list.
ReplyDeleteLOL. I hear ya on some of these. Being around youngins make me feel my age. And being called ma'am. Damn.
ReplyDeleteGreat list! Loved reading this post.
ReplyDeleteThe age I am now used to seem almost ancient when I was eighteen! Perspective is everything :)
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