I know those aren't the actual lyrics, but it's what I thought he was saying when I first heard that song, and it's also a good segue into what I wanna talk about. I'm aging faster than I'd like to. Lately, my body is like a clearance sale. Everything must go, go, go! My hearing (as instanced above), my sight (I see things wrong, or that aren't even there, all the time. Like the time when I was at the mall, and saw a jeep driving through the parking lot with "Masculinity" written on the side. Turns out it actually said "Mall Security".), my hair (which has been gray for years now, and which is falling out more and more all the time). Hell, even my memory is going. Why, just earlier tonight, I went to Google something. I tabbed over, opened the Google homepage.... and completely blanked. And that's not the first time that something's completely just disappeared from my mind. A couple months ago, I made myself a sandwich, put the bread, meat, and mayo away, shut the fridge, walked out of the kitchen... then immediately went back into the kitchen, 'cause I couldn't remember if I had put the mayo away or not.
I used to be a lot sharper when I was younger. And the saddest thing about all of this is I'm not even that old, really. Nor have I really abused my body with narcotics. So I'm pretty sure all of this is hereditary. I know for a fact that vision, memory, and hair loss all run in my family. I just thought I'd have more time before it caught up to me though.
I feel like it would be appropriate to make a "You might be old if..." joke here. At the same time I know that I am feeling all of the same things as you, although I think I my hair loss is more attributed to constant dying. Either way, know that you aren't alone.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I'll appreciate the company before the Alzheimers (or as I like to call it "old timers") sets in. Also, on a related note, today at work I squatted to put something away on a lower shelf, and my knees totally locked up on me. That's never happened to me before.
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