Shimmer
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This morning, I found an inch long hair growing out of my FOREHEAD.
I was not happy. Random hairs in random places is a new thing for me.
Forehead hair is the newest in an ever increasing list of physical clues that I may, in fact, be aging.
*I now think about things before doing them. Jumping off the roof? Um. That might hurt.
*If I don't get 8 hours of sleep I'll kill you. That may be though, that I don't have a reason NOT to get the sleep and have conditioned myself otherwise. I'm not sure.
*I've worn glasses since the sixth grade. I'm not getting any less blind.
*Grey hair? Dunno, and I'm not about to find out.
*Metabolic changes? Three kids and close to thirty, DEFINITELY.
I'm active enough that I don't have a problem with rapid recovery from activity. I generally don't get injured, so I'm okay so far there.
The most notable clue that brought about the realization that I'm getting old is my level of preparedness. At one point in time I thought nothing of putting gas in the truck, throwing a change of clothes in my backpack and just going.
Now, when I "go" anywhere (which is usually to my mom's house so it's a two hour drive to the backwoods hillbilly country of north Texas) it involves dressing the kids, taking contact solution, making sure we have snacks/drinks in the ice chest, comfortable clothes to make the drive back in, extra shoes in case we go check the land, bandaids, batteries, phones and chargers. The list goes on.
The one backpack has morphed into an ice chest and two full to the brim duffel bags. No longer am I able to just "go". Now, I "pack".
Focus: How is your advancing age treating you? What physical or mental changes have you noticed as you’ve gotten older? Any positives about aging?
I was not happy. Random hairs in random places is a new thing for me.
Forehead hair is the newest in an ever increasing list of physical clues that I may, in fact, be aging.
*I now think about things before doing them. Jumping off the roof? Um. That might hurt.
*If I don't get 8 hours of sleep I'll kill you. That may be though, that I don't have a reason NOT to get the sleep and have conditioned myself otherwise. I'm not sure.
*I've worn glasses since the sixth grade. I'm not getting any less blind.
*Grey hair? Dunno, and I'm not about to find out.
*Metabolic changes? Three kids and close to thirty, DEFINITELY.
I'm active enough that I don't have a problem with rapid recovery from activity. I generally don't get injured, so I'm okay so far there.
The most notable clue that brought about the realization that I'm getting old is my level of preparedness. At one point in time I thought nothing of putting gas in the truck, throwing a change of clothes in my backpack and just going.
Now, when I "go" anywhere (which is usually to my mom's house so it's a two hour drive to the backwoods hillbilly country of north Texas) it involves dressing the kids, taking contact solution, making sure we have snacks/drinks in the ice chest, comfortable clothes to make the drive back in, extra shoes in case we go check the land, bandaids, batteries, phones and chargers. The list goes on.
The one backpack has morphed into an ice chest and two full to the brim duffel bags. No longer am I able to just "go". Now, I "pack".
Focus: How is your advancing age treating you? What physical or mental changes have you noticed as you’ve gotten older? Any positives about aging?
