Getting old

[mleroyl]

Not sure when I “got old” but I’ve started brewing the coffee and reading the news/ checking forums when I wake up at 3:00 3:30 instead of going back to sleep....

 

[TxStetson]

I made myself stay in bed till 5:30 this morning.

 

[AustinN4]

I rarely sleep until 6. Most days I am up around 5. As the saying goes, getting old is not for sissies.

 

[MetalCutter]

As the saying goes, getting old is not for sissies.

Yeah, but it sure beats the alternative.

 

[AustinN4]

Yeah, but it sure beats the alternative.

There are days I wonder about that, LOL!

 

[Bozz10mm]

Turned 70 a couple weeks ago. It didn't bother me when I turned 50. It didn't bother me when I turned 60. But 70 got my attention. I'm usually ready for bed at 9 pm. Woke up at 3 am today thinking about getting up and making coffee. Made myself lie there for 30 minutes until I fell back to sleep. Made it to 6 am.

It's really weird. From my point of view, I'm in my 30s. But the mirror and the camera tell a different story.

 

[busykngt]

It's really weird. From my point of view, I'm in my 30s. But the mirror and the camera tell a different story.

That’s been the most interesting {amazing} part of the journey for me thus far. The brain not “aging” in any discernible way as compared to the outwardly appearance of the physical body. Perhaps I’m a little more forgetful than when I was younger but my “view” of life and on life certainly doesn’t match up with being an “oldster”.

And I guess that’s a good thing because it’s quite disastrous when Alzheimer’s or dementia takes hold. And it seems like if you live long enough, the odds of something like Parkinson’s Disease Dementia will get ya!

 

[avvidclif]

My brain may be telling me I'm good to go but my body trumps it. "What was I thinking"

 

[SA_Steve]

Great to know I have some company. Sleep issues and remembering a long and growing list of friends and co-workers who are deceased, that's me at almost 71.

 

[Davetex]

Pretty common these days for me to get up at 2 or 3. Some mornings I've had a nap before 7.

 

[busykngt]

Pretty common these days for me to get up at 2 or 3. Some mornings I've had a nap before 7.

”That thar is funny...I don’t care who ya are.”

 

[AustinN4]

Funny you should say that as it is time for my pre breakfast nap. Been up since about 5. It is great, however, not having to go to work.

 

[Lunyfringe]

I got up at 3 this morning, because I had to go to work... In Colorado.

 

[FireInTheWire]

Not sure when I “got old” but I’ve started brewing the coffee and reading the news/ checking forums when I wake up at 3:00 3:30 instead of going back to sleep....

That's the scary part...

 

[Bozz10mm]

I got up at 3 this morning, because I had to go to work... In Colorado.

That's a long commute.

 

[oldag]

It's really weird. From my point of view, I'm in my 30s. But the mirror and the camera tell a different story.

Ever look at someone and think they are old, then realize they are about the same age as you?

Listening to music one day, and you realize the song you are enjoying was released 50 years ago...

In some ways I feel old, yet in others it comes as a mild shock.

 

[oldag]

...remembering a long and growing list of friends and co-workers who are deceased...

So many loved ones and friends gone on to be with the Lord. Not many good friends left now.

 

[Lunyfringe]

That's a long commute.

Especially compared to my regular commute, measured in feet.

Just have some meetings to attend this week. But an hour+ drive to Love Field, shuttle bus, 2 hour flight, DEN subway ride, now gotta wait until 10:30 for co-worker to land and then drive 1.5 hours to Colorado Springs.

Planes, trains & automobiles

 

[V-Tach]

Usually go to bed around 12-1am......sleep to 8 am daily. Spent my career getting up at 4am.....don't want to do that anymore....my friends talk about waking early, getting up multiple times at night......at 61 guess i'm lucky...hope it holds...

 

[Bozz10mm]

Ever look at someone and think they are old, then realize they are about the same age as you?

My 50 year HS reunion. A real eye opener. Lots of elderly folks there. Some slumped over, walking with a cane. One in a catatonic state in a wheel chair. Another blind. Very sad all around.