Road Apples: elder blogger

March 21, 2006

elder blogger

Ronni at Time Goes By has made it official. Yep, I am an Elder Blogger. Funny, I don't remember when it happened. In my mind I am still 21 with the same hopes and dreams I have always had. I am still waiting for the call from National Geographic. They will ask me to go to the South Pacific with an assignment to do a photo essay on some newly discovered tribe full of half naked dark skinned women - or light skinned. I'm not picky.

I guess it was only a matter of time. I will be turning 58 in May and then it won't be long until I reach the big six oh. The letters from AARP wanting me to join their exclusive club should have been a clue that I was getting on in years but I have been resisting the thought until now.

Don't get me wrong. I have nothing against old people. I just don't want to be one. I still have a lot of living yet to do. I don't even have any grand kids yet.

Ok, ok, so I fall asleep as soon as CNN comes on the telly and, sometimes when I walk into a room I forget why I went there in the first place. And I must admit, it is nice when I get a Senior Citizen's discount at the liquor store where I buy my Bailey's Irish Crème.

Still, it is hard to accept that I am sliding into my "golden years". If you banned all mirrors, I would never know what is happing to me. Ignorance is bliss.

My teenage daughter tells she will keep me young - forever I hope. She always knows just what to say to cheer me up.

Posted by roadapples at March 21, 2006 10:06 PM

old is cool. elderly is the one we don't do. sleeping is a good response to cnn, better than destroying the tv.
you get a discount on bailey's?

Posted by: kim at March 21, 2006 10:57 PM

Sure don't you kim?

Posted by: road apples at March 21, 2006 11:05 PM

I'm "only" fifty and already have many of those signs. I refuse to think of it as my golden years though...not until I find the love of my life to share it with!

Posted by: poopie at March 22, 2006 04:19 PM

We are not "old" in our minds and that is what matters.

Posted by: kenju at March 22, 2006 05:22 PM

i'm not allowed near bailey's, til i'm mature enough to manage it.

Posted by: kim at March 23, 2006 01:14 PM

Don't worry about being old. It means you have seen more. It means you have more to offer. You've read more books, seen more movies, and lived more life than someone half you age. See there is an upside to being a member of AARP other than the discounts.

Posted by: Strode at April 3, 2006 07:39 PM