Wednesday, October 24, 2012

You know…

this growing older thing is pretty hard to manage.  There are so many things I have to cope with, so many health problems and a ton of meds I have to take.  I know when the forecast is for rain because every bone in my body aches.  Arthritis has lived with me for the last 30 or so years.

However, I dutifully set the alarm for 6:30 AM each morning and go to bed at 10PM each night.  And I thank God each morning when I get up for allowing me another day.  I hurriedly take off the C-pap mask and check out the new wrinkles caused by it. 

 I take my morning pills, all 10 of them knowing full well that I have another pill to take at noon and 3 more pills to take in the evening.  I get dressed and head for my exercise bike.  If my back and bones are not yelling at me I try to exercise for half an hour.  If they are hollering too much, I stop at 15 minutes.

This is a far cry from before I moved here.  I would go to the fitness center and workout for about 45 minutes 3 or 4 days a week.  After I exercise and rest for a few minutes I fix breakfast, usually a high fiber cereal with banana and 1% milk. 

Then I check my computer for emails and write 1 or 2 blogs.  I comment on dozens of blogs written by my followers.  Then I am off to run errands and I come back to my home which really needs me to pay attention to it.

Perhaps I will bake something just to have something to do.  I end up taking all or most of it to my daughter and son in law.

Lunch is usually a TV dinner except I cook on the weekend.

And I will say again that growing older is much better than the alternative.  beth

8 comments:

  1. I am glad to be carried along on your alternative... cheering you on and praying for you to have a great day! May today be as painfree as possible :]
    Love & HUGS

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  2. I agree with Rockin. I look forward to reading you blogs. That is a load of pills. Sorry you have to take so many.

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  3. And I, Beth, am very thankful for each day that you are around! I look forward to your blog each day. Hugs, Nellie

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  4. Hi Beth, I am a big Allison Krauss fan. Her music is wonderful. Thanks for stopping by and visiting . . .
    keep a song in your heart.

    They say that growing old is not for sissies . . . boy, is that right! I tell people that my inheritance was: from my father, I inherited the fact that I am always singing or whistling all the time ( I don't even know that I'm doing it). From my mother, I inherited arthritis in my knees (poor Mom used to sit and rub her knees each evening . . . never complained, that wasn't her way, but you could tell she was in pain. Like you said . . . it is good to be alive . . . I feel blessed each day, when I wake to another one of God's merciful mornings.
    Your blogging sister, Connie :)

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  5. Oh Beth that sounds like an awful lot of meds. I am currently trying to find a good BP med as instructed by my doc.
    So happy you blog each day
    Hugs
    Sheila

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  6. Life changes for us on a dime..I am sure glad you have kept in touch and help us all to see all sides of life now for you. Every day is a blessing no matter how strange or hard it is for us. Take care :-)

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  7. I always find it amusing when people complain about the age they are ... like they have not considered the alternative!!

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  8. You have put it the right way, growing older is much better.
    I like your routine.
    And that "Perhaps I will bake something..." says that all is well with you :-)

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