Aging

[ny biker]

I have always resembled Sponge Bob in body shape. So not having a waist when the change comes will perhaps not be such a big deal as for those who have lovely trim waists. Finally, a positive!

Whooooo lives in a pineapple under the sea...

That song is now stuck in my head.

Back on topic. On the one hand, I do not want to look older. And I don't want to fall apart, health-wise.

On the other hand, my father is 74 and my mother is 72. Both are cancer survivors and they have various other health problems. But they are more active than many people I know in their 30s and 40s. They visited me a few weeks ago. The weather was great, sunny and warm. So the first day, they wanted to visit the FDR Memorial in DC. For those familiar with DC, we parked at Arlington Cemetary, walked over Memorial Bridge, stopped for sandwiches near the Lincoln Memorial, then walked all the way to the FDR, then on to the Jefferson, then walked all the way back to the car. For those not familiar with DC, all I can say is, this was a ****load of walking. Sure, we stopped from time to time and rested on various benches. But it was still more walking than many people half my parents' age would try on a good day.

The next day we drove up to Baltimore to see the historic ships at the Inner Harbor.

http://www.historicships.org/

Specifically, my mother wanted to visit the Torsk, because she'd never been on a submarine before. I have pictures of both of them stepping through the crazy-small holes that serve as doorways from one compartment to the next inside the sub. Again, I know so many people my age who wouldn't even attempt to climb down the steps into that sub, let alone work their way through it from end to end.

We also visited the Constellation and an old lighthouse that has been moved to the Harbor. Both involved walking up and down lots of steps.

So yeah, I don't want to be old, and I don't want to look old. And all the healthy living in the world can't guarantee a long, active life. But wrinkles and gray hair don't have to mean that it's all over.

[Bike Chick]

But wrinkles and gray hair don't have to mean that it's all over.

I have wrinkles and a beautiful head full of silver hair and it's just beginning!

[lph]

Specifically, my mother wanted to visit the Torsk, because she'd never been on a submarine before.

That's funny "Torsk", pronounced Tawschk, means "cod" in Norwegian. Fitting, I guess.