The Joys of Aging!

I have some really horrible and terrible things to admit.

First, my eye-sight, sometimes, is a little tiny bit blurry. But, just a little! I know I need to go to the Dr. to have my eyes checked. I know that I get headaches because of straining my eyes; but, to go to the Dr. is to admit that my superior vision is diminishing! What the heck?! I am now kicking myself for all those times I ate McDonald's instead of carrots!

I used to be able to see things from a 40 foot distance that most could only see from a 20 foot distance. Superior eye sight, I had! I had the eye sight of a fighter pilot's daughter! Wait a minute, I am a fighter pilot's daughter! See, Dad, this is why I never became a pilot, I must have had some innate knowledge that my superior eye sight would quickly diminish once I turned 26 or 27. You see, after 25 everything slowly starts going down hill, folks. Your recovery time from drinking is longer, or so I hear. Your metabolism begins to slow. Brain cells start to die and you don't know everything like you did when you were a teenager. It's a long road, folks, but we've got to travel it!

I wish adults would have just been honest with us! When you're growing up, you hear about how your 20s are a time for fun; but, that in your 30s you are so much wiser and more secure and that the 30s are SO MUCH better than the 20s. When you're in your 20s, that's difficult to imagine. Especially when you surpass the age of 25 and slowly, you notice changes. Things like, colds kicking your butt and pulling muscles in your neck when twisting your ankle...yea, go figure! I wish adults would have said, "Enjoy your twenties kid, because everything starts to change once you hit 27!"

I am honestly kidding. I do notice differences, though, between 21 and 28...and thank God for that! Except for the whole eye sight diminishing, pulling neck muscles when I almost trip and fall, colds kicking my butt, etc, etc. I can't wait to see what the future holds...probably eye glasses!

Can ya tell I don't like change...which is ironic seeing as how I was a military brat and moved a lot during my childhood, something I didn't really ever mind. Hmmm...