I got up this morning with a certain feeling of satisfaction. You would recognize it- it's that almost-smug awareness that your advancing age is at least accompanied by knowledge- wisdom even- that was hard-won.
And then I realized that I wasn't exactly sure what knowledge I was feeling smug ABOUT.
Ah, yes. Because advancing age is also accompanied by memory loss. And problems with.... WHAT is that called....? word retrieval.
OK, there are certain things that I know. For example, there's no shame in paying someone to do to something that needs to be done and that you yourself are never going to do. That is, if you have the money. In my case, cooking and cleaning both come to mind. OK, here's another thing: exercise really does help. I KNOW- isn't that the PITS? But so true. How about this one: stop buying books and movies and start going to the library. As a matter of fact, stop WATCHING movies. And for the love of god, stop watching tv.
All rightie: get outside. Huge one for me.
Perhaps most importantly: you will be reunited with old friends, and they won't have changed much. But you will never be reunited with your toddler. Or infant. Or fifth grader.
Sadly, I still don't really remember what it was I was going to post about this morning. Maybe I just DREAMED about hard-won knowledge and wisdom, but it's not really accessible when I'm conscious.
ANYWAY- latest book is River of Doubt (now available in paperback), about Theodore Roosevelt's river exploration, AND IT IS GREAT. I started reading it Thursday night and I'm halfway through. What a great story, and so full of tantalizing historical figures that I had never heard of. I suggest you ask me if you can borrow it when I'm done.
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My greatest fear is getting Alzheimer's. I worked hard to get all this useless trivia and I intend to fight forf each and every pointless nugget of information!
Liz
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