The verdict's in...I'm NOT OLD!

Wow - I was only (half) kidding yesterday when I claimed to be old, but you wonderful bloogy peeps unanimously declared me NOT OLD. And I agree - totally. Why, in my mind I think of myself as around 17; and there are plenty of times when friends and family (read: husband) would wholeheartedly confirm that. Young at heart and young in my thinking; though my kids would tell you different, as it says in my profile. When they are around, it's open season on Mom and her difficulties with items "of today", and I love every minute of it.

The only time I feel old-ish of mind is when I try to use new fangled contraptions like cell phones that have capacity beyond the "hello" function. And were it not for certain tell-tale clues of the physical nature, like the "points all her own NOT sitting way up high" (apologies to Bob Seeger), knees that go bump in the night and lock in the morning, and the sleep that ends all too early, I could easily pass for a much younger gal.

What I love about being human (among other things) is the continued evidence of the universality of all these aspects of existence. There truly is comfort in not being the only one to experience the inevitable changes that unfold as we travel along our individual timelines. When I was young, people my age now didn't interest me much at all. I thought they were sort of sad diminished versions of the younger selves about whom they wistfully spun stories of adventures living life without all the modern conveniences we young folk had. Now, I love nothing better than to recount harrowing tales of having to GET UP OFF THE COUCH AND WALK TO THE TV TO MANUALLY CLICK THE DIAL TO CHANGE THE CHANNEL. (Is this the baby boomer equivalent of walking 5 miles to return a library book that we had to listen to ad-nauseum when we were young!?) Or having to dial a number on the phone and have to wait for the dial to complete before dialing the next number. (These were trying times, youthful bloggers). Of 5 cent Hershey bars (figures that would be on my radar), seeing movies at the theater for less than a dollar. I love being a baby boomer - another "greatest generation" in terms of breaking new ground in virtually every realm of American life, especially staying young and vital well into their 60's and beyond.

Holy crow! (I love when Chris says that and have adopted it for daily use.) I was just going to put up a few food pictures - yet off I went waxing poetic about living and aging in America. Anyway - Thanks for the comments and head nods. I know I'm not old; rather just of a certain age =D.

I had several people suggest I walk early in the mornings, since I'm up so early. Gheesh! I coulda had a V8! That's a great idea, and when I was running, up to 5 or 6 years ago, I ran before the crack of dawn, and have always loved being out early, before and as the sun comes up. I'm definitely going to start doing that again. Especially now that it's getting warm, it'll be a wonderful way to loosen and lube up the joints, as well as getting some exercise in. I can still do the gym later if I have time and inclination, but the walk (without puppy) will be great. Thanks for reminding me of that!

Finally - somehow I managed to delete yesterday's breakfast and lunch pics, but they were nothing different than you've already seen. I'll just show the few different things I had - for the after work snack, I had a lemon Luna bar. I hadn't had one in a long time, and it tasted awesome! I remember they had an aftertaste before, but I didn't detect it yesterday at all. High calorie toll - 180 cal, 9 gms protein.

Dinner was the last leftover stuffed peppers, still yummy, plus a huge amount of roasted broccoli, zucchini, summer squash onions and garlic. Roasted a massive amount tossed in only 2T olive oil and 1T of lemon juice. While hot, I sprinkled a bit of fresh parmesean cheese over it all and let it brown. Delish-ous! And very righteous. Finally, don't hate me because I love Lime Diet Coke. I only have a couple a week because I know diet soda isn't great for you. Definitely better than it's full calorie uncle. I didn't even tally the calories yesterday, but they were probably between 1400 and 1500...again. For me, that's good.

This seems like a really rambling nutty post because I've been writing a sentence, then going a doing nursing assessments, passing meds, and other assorted tasks for which I'm being pain. Sorry if disjointed! Very affectionately, your young friend!