You know you’re old when…
For us (DH and myself), it was the first time we visited the Senior Center in our area – the same Senior
Center we used to drop my mother off at several times a week 20 years ago.
Someone had told us that it had been recently been remodeled and renovated and
that it had a really large well stocked exercise room. Since I have had trouble convincing DH that
we need to exercise more, I thought this might offer a possible solution. It
was close. It was convenient. And best of all - it wasn’t expensive.
We have
found that many fitness centers are expensive and most people don’t continue after
the first few months. We do walk at the mall twice a week. We walk the upstairs
and the downstairs each once… and keep track of the other ‘walkers’ who are
doing the same. We have names for them (not their real names – but made-up ones
like the ‘Pat look alike’, ‘the serious walker’, ‘the couple with the friendly
wife’, etc.). We do wonder what they
call us...? But generally, we see them all on the days we walk… and
occasionally have begun to either smile or wave at each other.
There is no
shopping done during these expeditions – well, almost none. Occasionally I will
run into a store for a specific item (like candles at the bath and body shop - I love Campfire coffee or Hot Cocoa and cream),
but since DH is waiting, there is no real time for shopping around. And on
occasion, I find it necessary to grab a Mocha Frappuccino at the Mall
Starbucks. DH would prefer a Cinnabon – and once in a while we do indulge.
Anyway, this
is how reaching 74 has found us… and I thought it might be interesting and fun
to share just how life is at this stage of the game. You may find that a lot of
this sounds very familiar.
So for the next few postings, I'm going to mention other things that perhaps are 'age-related' and occasionally funny, sometimes sad, but none-the-less worth mentioning (IMO anyway).
If you can remember times like these, I'd love to hear about them.
As always, thanks for visiting. And hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Hugs,
- Rian