It is true that when you get older things get past your radar. I just got done fighting a charge from Acai berry supplement. I canceled the trial and they still charged me $78! That is almost 10% of my monthly income! I must say that I was freaked out (does this date me?). Well they were charging $78 a month to receive the supplements and they dropped it down to $18!!!! WOW, talk about what the market will bear!
I really had to get that off my mind. I am pleased with the $18 cost because I like the acai berry by capsule. Along with my ionized water and colon cleanse I am feeling more energetic, and lighter I might add.
Well today there is no moral I have learned, but I did learn something about bargaining!
I'm going off to the dispensary as soon as my account is credited, and I will be checking on that hourly!

advantages of getting old

Although there are a few advantages of getting old, the one that stands out for me is the fact that old people get the best drugs. It's unfortunate that we need the drugs in the first place. And yet I am happy about medical marijuana (MM). If ever one was looking for that silver lining... Anyway, after reading some posts about buying the old fashioned way -- on the street -- I am grateful (no, not blessed, a subject for a later post). I am grateful to always have access to the best I can afford.
I must add that MM helps a great deal with my fibromyalgia pain. I take a lot less Norco when I have access to MM. It's always best to go green!

Getting old with computer issues

I have not posted for a few days because I have had major computer issues. I still cannot find out how to get volume, (which is why I undertook this project to begin with). So in trying to fix that issue, a friend and I wiped out the computer and started over again from scratch. It solved a few problems, but still no volume. We should have checked out his speakers first, he brought them over for that reason. But we didn't, we smoked some sativa first. Talk about making a small problem more challenging. Yet it ended up being the best thing we could have done. It only took about eight hours to reinstalling all my programs and favorites. I now understand the computer a bit more and have pushed back dementia for a few more months.
That's the way I look at things from the other side of 50 years old.

Getting old

I think I have one foot in youth and one foot in elderly, so I am noticing the changes of being old creeping up on me. I am constantly surprised by the things I am no longer able to do quickly and comfortably. For instance, technology. I am baffled by the information highway known as the world wide web. I am constantly fumbling my way through opening folders, transferring files, trying to get volume on my "computing machine".

I used to be able to routinely do those above mentioned tasks. I never had to use the "help" option over and over again. I cannot remember the easiest file transfers and such.

And yet this is a good thing. As long as I'm struggling and learning about file transfers and such, my brain is being exercised away from dementia when I enter my 70-80s.

So even though it's frustrating now, in the long run, it will help me stay with one foot in youth.

Happy Valentine's Day

I rue the day that VD day was conceptulized. That's a big word I need to spell check later. Anyway, I can count on one hand the VD days I've spent with a significant other. This "holiday" has almost always been meaningless to me. Or it's a jumping off point to that downward spiral known as "the grass is always greener". I'm sure later, when I go downstairs to the game room (in my apartment building) to play Texas Train with my fat old lady friends, they will all say "Happy Valentine's day" to me.

Why older people don't want to get off the couch

During the last few years I've noticed that my limbs are getting stiffer. I cannot manipulate my body like I did when I was in my forties. I used to leap off the bus, but now I hold on to the rail and slowly lower myself to the street. Note-If you ride the bus, you know that the curb is usually many inches from the back door. I personally like to debus from the back like the sign suggests (am I still trying to be a good girl?). Plus, I sit towards the middle of the bus so as not to get evicted from my seat for seniors and wheelchairs. Advanced planning is your friend when frequenting the transit system.
Back to the subject at hand. This aforementioned stiffness is why older people don't like to get up from the couch.

Getting old

Have you ever wondered why old people always have hard candy on them? Well, let me tell you that many of the meds that we take make our mouths dry and our tongues like leather. So aside from drinking a lot of water, and having to get our butts off the sofa to go to the bathroom, or scoping out all the public restrooms along a day's adventures, we suck on candy! Next post: why we don't like to get our butts off the sofa...

Feb. 12

Hello my friends,
Today has started off well, drank two cups of coffee and smoked two cigarettes and 4 butts, too lazy to go to the bodega for another pack just yet. Damn these ciggies, everyone I smoke I hate more than the last one, and yet... there are no clouds today. Temp is in the 70s, and it is February. I could go to the beach today if I wanted. I have much gratitude for my life. My meds are good and except for the fibromyalgia I am good. What I am trying to say is that my life is good. I have time, I live in a tourist town, and I have options. I just don't have any spending cash.