Getting Older?

[Nictuku]

37. I didn't know which group it was when I posted

I just saw the title of the OP, "Getting Older" and reflecting on my 59th birthday yesterday, and where my life is now (quarantined with my 78 year old mom), and much of what was in that OP hit a chord of some kind with me. Thank you for being so welcoming.

But this brings a question, is there a certain age you should be to post in this group? I probably don't qualify. I sure do think about what is ahead of me a lot in the next couple of decades. Should I live that long. I figure I'm going to have to keep working until I drop, so not really looking forward to retirement. (Oh, but I wish!)

I guess I teeter on feeling old lately. Just like so many other people, I've got some arthritis issues, lupus issues, and so my hands qualify I guess, they do look like they are about 80. I also have to hide from the sun or it will trigger the lupus and my hair falls out, (and for that I have to take that damned hydroxychloroquine for the lupus, unless these trump supporters buy it all up).

Most of my conversations with my mom somehow are about health (and that's the thing, I /swore/ I wouldn't do when I got older, back when I was in my 20s on family visits where I noticed that is what all the older folks seemed to do. Without fail.). But now, even I find myself doing just that with my friends these days. So I guess it is one of the many things to accept as you get older.

By the way, we did have a lovely dinner (and a movie) last night, and because we couldn't actually have a party and invite people over, we have LOTS of leftovers, so dinner tonight will be a breeze.

To keep ourselves young, last night I introduced my mom to the Marvel Universe, starting with Captain America (based in the 1940s), and we are going to watch the other Marvel movies in chronological order (for as long as she is interested--we fast forward through the fight scenes). I'm the sci-fi fan, she is more into British series and mysteries.

Anyway, thanks for letting me share. I'm not a real prolific poster here at DU, but I've been around since the Supreme Court stopped the vote counting in Florida in Bush v Gore back in 2000. I didn't understand why the American public didn't get out in the streets for that 'one time' decision.

I can't help but wonder where we would be today had we not allowed that to stand.