I’m a Leo, born in August. Tomorrow’s the big day when I advance further into Senior Citizenship. But somehow Facebook reminded people today and the greetings started to flood in.
For a minute I thought I had really overslept and missed a day – that was a little unnerving. But a text about lunch plans tomorrow quickly verified that it was indeed still Tuesday. Whew.
I’m not upset about getting older. The alternative has taken too many people I love already. I just thought I would be wiser and have just a few more adventures under my belt. My vision is getting worse and my bones yell “Hey” throughout the day, but I am extremely lucky in many ways.
I do still have adventures booked and friends to roll along with me. Not many days from now we will be exploring new territory and praying our luggage keeps up with us. When we recover we have a list as long as our collective arms of more things to see and do.
The best thing about reviewing my life at this advanced age is that I am extremely happy and feel lucky every day. I live in a wonderful community and I have awesome family and friends here and scattered elsewhere across the country and I count that as my biggest blessing.
Matter of fact, I think the wisest thing I could do today is hit publish on this rambling post and head out to enjoy the August sun. I might mention how we already did August sun weather in May, but that feels like a “geezer check” moment to me.