WHY IS IT?

 

WHY IS IT?

Why is that the older we get, the faster time seems to fly by?

When we were children, it seemed that it took forever for our birthdays, Christmas and vacations to come around, didn’t it? Christmas Eve lasted what? 3 days?

Now, I look at the calendar and see that January of this year is almost half over and the Christmas stuff needs to be taken down at least before Valentine’s Day.

I was just getting used to writing the year 2025 when BAM! It’s over and done and now we are into the new year. Where did the time go? It follows that old saying that ‘time is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end, the faster it goes.”

I am looking back, and I swear, I cannot remember much happening between the ages of 60 and now 83…it went by in such a flash. One minute I was semi-old, then old and the next minute I am elderly. I think your senior discounts start to kick in about the age of 60, but I was so busy I didn’t even realize I had them, now it’s too late. I get more emails and letters for cemeteries and cremation than I do life insurance or sky-diving trips.

Apparently, you aren’t supposed to actually get old. If you will notice on most of the applications you fill out, the highest the age goes is about 65. Try those applications for auto insurance, they tend to stop early. I think when you get into your 80’s they put you into some type of special department that scans you more closely to see if you are an actual living human being that can see and hear a train approaching.

Try finding a new doctor at 80+ years. The paperwork is horrible, they give you 3 pages for your medications (large print) and 3 more pages to list your ailments, also large print.

If you don’t take any medications (I don’t) or have any life-threatening diseases or illnesses (none of those either) they get very suspicious of you. First, they want to know “why are you here?”. When you tell them you want to get a checkup on your general health, they want to know ‘what for’.? When you arrive they look at you with those same kind of looks you get when you want to open your safe deposit box….those “why do you want to do this” looks.

I think they aren’t used to seeing old/elderly/ancient people who are actually in pretty good shape after 80+ years still walking around and talking without drooling. It destroys their systems, how is this possible? We are supposed to be dead by now. What happened to this guy? What was his secret? What does he know that we need to know about? What is he not telling us?

You know I am just pulling your leg. I know what I was doing all of these many years. I do know that they have been eventful and exciting even with the down times and the valleys we all go through from one year to the next. The high points and the mountain tops make it all worthwhile. I wouldn’t change one thing that I’ve done throughout all these years.

Well, maybe one or two things….perhaps three.

See you next week….Peary Perry