Rant #3,684: When I'm 68

I am 68!

I made it!

There were points where I doubted whether I would reach the next year of my life, but I made it!

Like I told a friend of mine, I still feel that I am too young to be this age, but I am too old to fight it.

So, happy birthday to me!

As I reach this latest plateau in my life, I still have a lot of things to figure out in my life, i have a lot of things that I want to do and have to do,  and I still have many goals to reach and to exceed.

This might seem trite and inconsequential, but over the past week, I can finally maneuver my left leg to a point where I can put on my socks the "normal" way.

And my shoes too.

It is still a bit of a struggle, but this is something I couldn't even dream of doing for the past year and a half, since my injury.

That is a huge step for me, and it just demonstrates what a lot of hard work can do when you experience an injury like I had, and it's aftermath.

And then we have work, the type that you get paid to do, and I definitely have a love/hate relationship with my job.

I honestly wish that I was really retired, but that simply isn't the case ... and probably will never be.

I saw someone the other day who I hadn't seen in a few years, and she congratulated me on my retirement.

I had to slow her down with the kudos, and bring her up to speed on the nuts and bolts of my supposed retirement.

It isn't easy to do, and I wish I didn't have to do it.

So, as I hit this new high water mark in my life, I have to look at the good things.

I have a great wife and a great son, who have stood by me through everything.

I have a daughter who I love dearly but who I do not understand at all.

I have an extended family that have been through their own trials and tribulations, but almost always seem to pull through.

I have friends who have also stood by me, no matter what.

I could say I have my health, but I am continuing to deal with some hiccups, and until they are stifled, I am not satisfied.

And I have a nice, new, and more expensive apartment, a place where I don't really ever want to move from--the last two moves were my final ones, I hope.

I have memories that will last me a lifetime, and already have--

And there are more memories to be made.

That's a good thing, and I know and believe that I will have plenty more years to experience them.

So, to sum it all up ...

Happy Birthday To Me!

I'm 68, and I feel great (sort of).

And thanks for reading these Rants for the past 15 or 16 years or so ... I know this Blog's birthday is also coming up in a few days.

And happy birthday to everyone else celebrating a birthday today.

It's really a great day in the neighborhood!

And I am one day closer to 69.

Let's not put the cart before the horse ...

I have to get through 68 first!