Hey Awesome Moxie-Dude Reader!
By the time you read this post I’ll be about 30,000 feet in the air, travelling to Florida for spring break with my kids.
(Note to burglars: Dakota and Jed, my BIG DOGS, are home. But if you decide to go to my house while I’m away, please water my plants. And don’t forget to turn off the alarm before you break in. The code is . . . Oh pelease! You didn’t actually think I was going to post my code alarm HERE did you?)
Back to you, Awesome Moxie-Dude Reader!
(Confession: I’m on my third cup of coffee so my enthusiasm is over-the-top-on-the-roof this morning.)
While I’m happy about getting away from the cold weather, I’m a little concerned about the pressure I’ll be under to wear a T-shirt. Why? Because very recently (read: early this morning) I walked by the mirror in my pajamas and noticed an unsuspecting change in my body. One I wasn’t expecting to happen to me. Like ever.
According to my reflection, I now have old lady elbows.
Wait. It gets worse.
Just as I was digesting this little piece of news (and when I say “digesting”, I really mean GETTING OVER THE SHOCK), I also learned that I can’t walk AND open my eyes in bulging shock at the same time. Stopped in mid-stride, I was also a little unable to speak.
The voice in my head was screaming, “WTF!!! When did THIS happen?” But seriously, all I was able to do was stare at this very unwelcomed view of crinkled old lady skin halfway up my arm. Clearly my body has gotten comfortable with my new age since my last birthday. And to be quite frank, I’m not happy about this.
In other news, here’s a link to the latest Musings by Mona column over on the Algoma News site.
PS. The column is about what I’ve learned while raising teenagers. Unfortunately, there’s nothing in there about aging elbows. Which is why I decided to write about this important topic/discovery here.
I wouldn’t worry about my elbows too much. I had ‘old lady elbows’ when I was in my 20s. With me it was because I let my elbows get too dry. Living in Colorado at the time would mean this could happen to anyone because the air is arid at best. Just wait until you 50s when your eyes sag at the outline corners. That is something to be sad about.
I hope you are having the time of your life in Florida.
Time never stops, well sometimes we are so caught up in the working world, the rat race that we forget to take time off. Great that you are going for a break in Florida. Just to share with you why we are constantly told to move forward and not to spare too much time looking back. Just like a car, the windscreen is build to be big so that we can look in front and drive forward, whereas the side mirror are build smaller so that we just look past it and look in front in order to drive properly. Hope this simple comment bring you great day.
Cheers
Mike
Oh god, I haven’t even checked my elbows. I’m too busy staring at what’s become of my knees. I’ve discovered their flaws almost disappear while laying on my back with my legs up in the air. This position can be very entertaining in obvious situations but looks pretty stupid at the beach. Have fun in the sunny state.