re: Random things that make you realize you’re getting old

1. Being attracted to 25 year old women but then learning that they are only 19 years old.

2. Saying goodbye to all of my relatives that I loved and admired as a kid.

3. Getting up out of bed and feel my shoulders hurting.

Intentionally going to bed early so I can wake up earlier to enjoy a nice cup of coffee in peace

When I see the sign up date of posters in the last 3-5 years.

The dumber the joke the more I enjoy telling it.

If I sit or lay wrong my back can hurt.

I feel like I need sunglasses to drive at night.

I have friends with grandkids now.

It’s not uncommon, but I can not predict what days I will be able to read print. Some days in decent light, it is fine. Others, I need readers I can’t find

One day you see a single gray hair, a week later you can’t unsee there are 50 all over your scalp. Same thing with facial hair - a small patch of white hair turns into a meadow before you know it.

I love the cold, but now I FEEL the cold. My lower back, shoulders, and lower extremities feel like I just played “tackle the man with the football” for 5 hours.

The lawncare thing is a good one. I used to hate that shite growing up but now I’m bumping music in my shed at 8:45 on a Saturday getting hyped up to rev that weed whacker at 9 sharp. I’ll spend the entire morning in the yard and won’t come in until lunch is ready.

Any movements out of the routine hurts.

I had gotten lax on running/jogging. My son (a Sargent, in great shape) stayed with me a week or so ago so he could take a training class in town and we RAN 2 miles together 4 days in a row. I was so frickin sore it felt like that 1st week of track season. Nope, I could not keep up the whole way.

Casually taking note of the price of a box of depends as you stroll by them in the store.

There are adults who weren’t alive on 9/11.