I never thought there would be a day that I would be driving through a red light. It happened this morning! Let me give you some insight into my driving habits. I have had a driver’s license for over fifty years. The only infractions I have, in those years is a ticket for parking in a no parking zone and one while I was in Florida on business. The first was at a hospital. I was rushing my wife to…
Today I was entering a multi-purpose room and the person cleaning said, “I’m giving it a lick and a promise.” I had not heard that phrase for years. The last person I heard say it was my mother. This person was not that old so I asked her where she had heard the phrase and what it meant. In Progress..gotta run to help my wife with supper (dinner). Charlene, said, “I really don’t know! It may have been from my…
Are you like me and are finding that you are second guessing yourself. There have been a few times, over the past few weeks, that I have been second guessing myself. For many of us it can be frightening. We think we are losing our memory, getting dementia or alzheimers or maybe we have a brain tumor. There are so many thoughts that go through our minds that we become worrisome. This morning we went to our daughter’s home to…
Yesterday was not a good day! Both my wife and I forgot a few things that we wee supposed to do. I thought back to one of my jobs when I managed up to a dozen employees. My mind was like a well oiled machine. I could do about a dozen things at one time. I could remember conversations and make snap decisions. I thought it was natural. At night, I would look back over my day and make…
One of my In-Laws has, in his repertoire of come-backs, “been there, done that, got the t shirt to prove it.” I have heard him say it so often that I usually understood what he meant. The meaning of the phrase is basically, been there and experienced it, therefore I don’t need to do it again. Interlude: Gotta run to pick up the grand-children from school. Most seniors, reading this can associate with this part of our golden years. I…