Happy Thursday, February 24, to everyone!
Yesterday was a weird winter day, because it hit 65 degrees in my neck of the woods on Wednesday.
But to demonstrate that winter hasn’t taken an early hibernation yet, temperatures are going to be more winter-like today—probably half or so of what they were yesterday—and we are supposed to be getting some snow on Friday.
So be it … before you know it, the cold weather will finally give way to the warm stuff, and by my birthday at the end of April, we will be able to kiss winter goodbye, and we will be set for a few months of warm and nice days.
And looking at my birthday on April 28, I guess it is not too soon to plan for the big day, because that is what it is this year, a big day for me.
I will turn 65 years of age on that day, I find it hard to believe that is true, but yes, it IS true, and sometime around that date, my wife and son are planning a party for me, to celebrate both that birthday and my retirement.
It will be more low key than what I did to celebrate my wife’s 65th birthday, which is fine with me.
For her special day, my son and I had a party in a local Italian restaurant, and we were equally celebrating her big birthday and her retirement.
Me, I was forced into retirement, so what am I celebrating?
So the main direction of my celebration will be my birthday, because while I am happy to turn 65 years of age, I have no reason to celebrate my forced retirement, even though it is more “semi-retirement” than anything else.
Thus, since it will be more a birthday party than a birthday/retirement party, we will probably have something in the house, bring in some food from some local place, and have some friends and family there to enjoy the moment.
And as far as being 65, funny, I don’t really feel that old, to tell you the truth.
It really seems like yesterday that I was running around and getting to know my new environment as a kid in South Jamaica, Queens, but I know that all of that took place nearly 60 years ago.
I remember as a kid, watching TV on the black and white TVs that we had, and thinking that some of the actors looked so old to me.
Sure, the styles of the time—and probably the black and white motif—contributed to my observation, but a lot of those actors were actually younger than I am going to be, even though they looked a heck of a lot older than 65.
Everyone looks younger today … I dare say that if you did not know that my mother is going to be 91 years young in March, you would probably think that she was in her 70s.
People simply don’t look as old today as they once did. I don’t know if it is modern medicine or good genes, but to me, we look just so much younger than we are in today’s world.
As I approach age 65, I guess I simply don’t feel that old, but I do have aches and pains and other things that do tell me that yes, I am not 25 anymore.
I physically cannot do many of the things that I once did, but mentally, I feel that I am as sharp as I have ever been, so one obviously compensates for the other.
I look at my kids and my nephews, and that is the future of our family right there.
Me, I guess I am old news, just another rung in the ladder of our family, and I guess that rust is starting to build up on that rung.
The future is in the younger people, but that doesn’t mean that I roll over and die before my time.
I still have a lot in me, and I look at age 65 as simply another chapter in my life, and I do believe that the book is far from closed on me.
So the party will be a nice cherry on top of my life, but I will move on from that and look forward to the years as I get closer to 70 years of age.
It is incredible that younger Baby Boomers like me are getting Social Security now.
We were the “younger generation,” and we did “have something to say,” but we are so many years removed from all of that.
It is just so hard to believe that all the years have come and gone like they have.
Yes, I am really looking forward to that party … because you know what?
I deserve it, I really do, and I am so happy that my wife and son are going to hold it for me.
Yes, through all the trials and tribulations I have been through in my life, I am, in fact, a very lucky guy, because as that old song said, "all you need is love," and as I have grown older, I have learned to appreciate that more and more each and every year.
Yesterday was a weird winter day, because it hit 65 degrees in my neck of the woods on Wednesday.
But to demonstrate that winter hasn’t taken an early hibernation yet, temperatures are going to be more winter-like today—probably half or so of what they were yesterday—and we are supposed to be getting some snow on Friday.
So be it … before you know it, the cold weather will finally give way to the warm stuff, and by my birthday at the end of April, we will be able to kiss winter goodbye, and we will be set for a few months of warm and nice days.
And looking at my birthday on April 28, I guess it is not too soon to plan for the big day, because that is what it is this year, a big day for me.
I will turn 65 years of age on that day, I find it hard to believe that is true, but yes, it IS true, and sometime around that date, my wife and son are planning a party for me, to celebrate both that birthday and my retirement.
It will be more low key than what I did to celebrate my wife’s 65th birthday, which is fine with me.
For her special day, my son and I had a party in a local Italian restaurant, and we were equally celebrating her big birthday and her retirement.
Me, I was forced into retirement, so what am I celebrating?
So the main direction of my celebration will be my birthday, because while I am happy to turn 65 years of age, I have no reason to celebrate my forced retirement, even though it is more “semi-retirement” than anything else.
Thus, since it will be more a birthday party than a birthday/retirement party, we will probably have something in the house, bring in some food from some local place, and have some friends and family there to enjoy the moment.
And as far as being 65, funny, I don’t really feel that old, to tell you the truth.
It really seems like yesterday that I was running around and getting to know my new environment as a kid in South Jamaica, Queens, but I know that all of that took place nearly 60 years ago.
I remember as a kid, watching TV on the black and white TVs that we had, and thinking that some of the actors looked so old to me.
Sure, the styles of the time—and probably the black and white motif—contributed to my observation, but a lot of those actors were actually younger than I am going to be, even though they looked a heck of a lot older than 65.
Everyone looks younger today … I dare say that if you did not know that my mother is going to be 91 years young in March, you would probably think that she was in her 70s.
People simply don’t look as old today as they once did. I don’t know if it is modern medicine or good genes, but to me, we look just so much younger than we are in today’s world.
As I approach age 65, I guess I simply don’t feel that old, but I do have aches and pains and other things that do tell me that yes, I am not 25 anymore.
I physically cannot do many of the things that I once did, but mentally, I feel that I am as sharp as I have ever been, so one obviously compensates for the other.
I look at my kids and my nephews, and that is the future of our family right there.
Me, I guess I am old news, just another rung in the ladder of our family, and I guess that rust is starting to build up on that rung.
The future is in the younger people, but that doesn’t mean that I roll over and die before my time.
I still have a lot in me, and I look at age 65 as simply another chapter in my life, and I do believe that the book is far from closed on me.
So the party will be a nice cherry on top of my life, but I will move on from that and look forward to the years as I get closer to 70 years of age.
It is incredible that younger Baby Boomers like me are getting Social Security now.
We were the “younger generation,” and we did “have something to say,” but we are so many years removed from all of that.
It is just so hard to believe that all the years have come and gone like they have.
Yes, I am really looking forward to that party … because you know what?
I deserve it, I really do, and I am so happy that my wife and son are going to hold it for me.
Yes, through all the trials and tribulations I have been through in my life, I am, in fact, a very lucky guy, because as that old song said, "all you need is love," and as I have grown older, I have learned to appreciate that more and more each and every year.
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