Bayfield Al wrote a very interesting post yesterday on the aging process, and I experienced it this morning in a novel way. I was sitting in my rocker/recliner and for some reason looked up at the ceiling, where I saw a small bug crawling slowly across the wood paneling. I haven't yet painted this part of the living room, and still have the old brown paneling. I grabbed a tissue and stood on the rocker/recliner, which immediately started to rock, and tried to dab at the bug. I seemed to miss it and when I looked for it, I noticed another one further away from my chair/stepladder, along the same line of the paneling. After nearly losing my balance and falling out of the chair, I went to get a small step stool from the kitchen, and stopped to get some paper toweling and a bottle of spray cleaner.
I stood on the proper step stool and looked to see if the bugs were still there, and sure enough they were evenly spaced along the paneling. I finally realized they were small nails holding the paneling up, but I was sure I saw them move. I thought of Al's post, even though he hadn't mentioned hallucination as part of the aging process.
I'm going to walk with Jeannie today if she ever gets here, and maybe the fresh air will help my eyesight, balance, and overall health.
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oh, thanks for directing me to Al's post... really great!
ReplyDeleteHappy Happy New Year, Gypsy!
c'mon 2013... my prediction? your health be improved and you will resume your traveling to the places you love
Jim hates it when I scream there's a bug and it turns out to be a piece of lint or dirt. And I do scream, cause I hate bugs. So know exactly what you mean. But I can also guarantee that I would not be standing up in that chair. My balance has always been lousy, even in my younger years.
ReplyDeleteWishing you a wonderful 2013 filled with lots of travel and good times.
Sounds like pretty good balance to me if you can stand in a rocking chair and dab at a bug even if it isn't one and not fall down. My eye sight is one of my biggest trials in aging.
ReplyDeleteOh my, not good to stand on a rocking chair. Happy New Year.
ReplyDeleteOh, now that is a good one!! Risking life & limb for nails.... :)
ReplyDeleteI can sure empathize with the climbing up on things and loss of balance. Why can't we do that any more?? Nuts!!
ReplyDeleteWalking is always good exercise.
ReplyDeleteHi, Gypsy. When you tell us about the things you do, it convinces us that we are all perfectly normal! Because we all do the same kinds of things. The difference is that we keep things like this a secret; you tell! And that makes us laugh.
ReplyDeleteThis reminded me of a post by Tioga George a while back. He put the wrong tires on his RV. Told about what size he asked for. Then realized he'd made a mistake. Could have been embarrassing for him. BUT, he made it funny when he said that lots of people sweep their mistakes under the rug, but since he tells about his, he can't "do that sweeping!" I've remembered that post of his many times!
I wish you a wonderful 2013 with a trip across country in the bargain.
That was an ending I did not expect. Glad you didn't hurt yourself killing those nails!
ReplyDeleteGlad I'm not the only one that sees nails move.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
LOL... loving all the seeing the nails move comments ... that is funny, Gypsy... I mean... us old folk see lots of nifty stuff... HAhaaaa
ReplyDeleteBUT standing in the rocking chair? seriously .. I forgot to mention that this morning... too busy shooing away the blasted rain ...
Too funny. I was swatting at a persistent bug that kept "buzzing" me one day - then I realized it was the floaters in my eyes!
ReplyDeleteMay you have a happy and wonderful New Year. You deserve it.
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