So What if I'm 70?

I look in the mirror every day and sometimes wonder where that black-haired girl went. I'm pretty sure she is still here somewhere.  How long does it take for reality to sink in and tell your body that sometimes you do get tired, sometimes you don't want to cook a meal, or clean the house, or do the laundry?  My body is telling me you can't do those three mile walks every day so let's cut it done to a mile every other day.  Why does my back hurt so bad the next morning when I exercise at night doing leg lifts and sit ups like I did 25 years ago?  Is it my mattress, my easy chair? So let's stop doing sit ups and just try stretching every night!  

I guess being 70 isn't so bad after all! I'm healthy, I can walk anywhere without assistance, I have no diet restrictions, and I do wear glasses to see better. I know how to use a computer, iPad, iPhone and I can drive a car anywhere I want to go!  

At this very moment I am having my third cup of coffee, and I'm not rushing off to work because I'm retired.  Two years ago I would be at my desk in my office going through paperwork and trying to figure out the latest software the techs installed on our computers over night.

I can call a friend to meet me for lunch, go to a movie, or Starbucks for a latte, so being 70 really isn't so bad after all!   However, my spouse is looking over my shoulder as I'm writing and I'm pretty sure he wants this iPad so he can play level 118 of Candy Crush!  So I guess I can take a nap!    But I think I'll go to the gym first!

Welcome to Texas!

We are here alive and well in Texas.  To make a very long story short we sold the second house we bought on August 30th, put furniture and clothes we didn't need in storage, piled what we needed in our two cars and headed this way.  After a brief 2-day visit with my brother Ed and Sharon, we headed to our daughter, Tiffany's house in Dallas, much to the disappointment of our son and his family.  

Tiffany fixed up one of their guest rooms and bath for us, arranged places for our laptops and a few clothes, and we settled in for what we thought would be a very brief stay.  It actually wasn't that long--from August 1st through November 10th.  It was a pleasant stay in their great house along with four dogs and two cats (theirs not ours)!  It was a comfortable arrangement and use of a swimming pool and all for free!  She was even talking of making an adjoining room into a sitting room for us and we'd never have to leave!  But her Dad had other ideas. 

When we weren't being chauffeured around places by our realtor, we would head out early, eat breakfast on the road and spend most of the day learning streets, putting addresses in the phone or GPS, and searching for that perfect little house somewhere by the water.  Usually after those daily trips  I would walk in the house in tears, weary from exhaustion of driving to so many places, and eating out all the time!  After a long nap, a hot shower and early bedtime, we would get up and do it all over again!  The pool provided some relaxing time when Chuck would agree to it.