It has rained every day this week, so we have literally been confined to barracks.
No gardening has been done, and the patio is unfinished. The grass is growing at an alarming rate, so that will need cutting when it finally stops raining. It seems that everywhere I look is a job that I can’t start or finish, and this has had a knock-on effect on my enthusiasm.
My get-up-and-go is still operational but becoming rather fussy. I don’t have the luxury of choosing what I do these days, and this reminds me of my school days. Luckily, I get to do a lot of work on the WIP and the new book is growing by leaps and bounds, although I feel more than a little conscious of the neglected workload.
I am not entirely dominated; however, that could never happen! and insisted on writing this post before I switched off the computer. I have been dodging a rather large elephant in the room, too, something that worries me a lot, but have always tried to avoid actually confronting it. I tried to write a post on the subject the other day and failed miserably.
What I really want to know is how and when do you know when old age gets the better of you?
I have been ignoring all those times when I forget something, for everyone does that sometimes, don’t they?
How about those missing moments times when, in the middle of doing something I do every day, my brain switches off, and nothing I do switches it back on? When everything in front of me is so alien I could scream?
I should add that everything works fine when I am writing, which seems odd, but I have been forced to abandon two crochet projects as I couldn’t understand the patterns.
I don’t ever want to get too old to do all the things that swim around inside my head, but I have a sneaky feeling that time isn’t far away. My body might let me down, and it’s doing its darn best, but I never thought the grey cells would let me down too…
May Jesus heal, bless, and strengthen you. God bless and uplift you.
Thank you so much, Stefanie… 💕
If writing is your sanity, keep on writing. As for the weather. All we’ve had are thick clouds and thick humidity from the fires in our north, for weeks. Not more than 10 minutes of burst of sunshine. 🙂 x
Disappointment seems to be affecting everyone this year… when will it all stop?
We are reaping what we’ve sowed with climate change. 🙁
But how many politicians and world leaders realise this?
Oh, they realize. But kickbacks in their pockets are much more important. 🙁
this is exactly what is wrong with this world…
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How dare the weather interrupt our schedules! 😀 … we too, have grass to mow, but our bete noir at the moment is smoke, surrounded on all sides, (but in no danger ourselves, and may that continue to be so) by wildfires, the smoke ranges from ‘what is that smell’, to ‘not venturing outside today, at all’.
I do that kind of forgetfullness too, and the funny (perhaps tragic, but funny never-the-less) thing is that I can’t really remember if I’ve always been this way, or not. 😀 … still, in the best traditions of, of, of something, we shall, stay calm and carry on. 😀
All that smoke must be awful and cannot be good for your lungs. Perfect excuse for not mowing the grass. Stay safe, both of you, Widds…
It is a fact that those who are concerned about the ravages of age are usually never ravaged. If you know you forget things, then you are still with us. If you are moving around, you are still with it, even if the movement is painful. If your mind goes, you won’t be fretting about forgetting things cause you won’t know it’s gone. If you become too feeble to move you will know old age has you. Good luck from someone older than you.
Thanks John, that puts everything into perspective…
Or at least an opinion. I hope you have a beautiful day.
It wasn’t bad for a Sunday, John…
Well that is good (I think)
I get to be head cook and bottle washer on the weekend, so much prefer weekdays!
I can see why that would be the case.
I’m sorry to hear that you had a disappointing week. It sounds like you had a lot of challenges and frustrations with your writing, editing and publishing. I can relate to some of the issues you faced, and I know how discouraging they can be. But I also admire your perseverance and determination to keep going and improve your work. You have a lot of talent and creativity, and I’m sure you will overcome these obstacles and achieve your goals.
I don’t like giving up on anything, so with encouraging support like yours, Supraja, I shall try that much harder! Thank you…
I can understand your worries and the anguish this will cause. Once we pass the 7-0 I think most of us start to wonder ‘How much left’, which is a bit of a distraction, and of course our bodies are not has lively as they used to be.
I’m watching our grass grow. thriving with rain and mild weather (although that is a joke in our house, that I only have to think ‘cut grass’ and it rains).
It seems we must adapt as best we can, as we can how we can.
We resolve to Keep on Keeping On….Sometimes I work on the basis that ‘doing stuff’ is good, because ‘doing stuff’ covers such a wide area, and there is always ‘stuff’. (I make weekly lists including even the most mundane ‘stuff’ and if even half of them get done….well)
Best wishes
Roger
I am seriously thinking of simplifying things, but making a list sounds like a gore at idea, Roger…
Henry David Thoreau was one for simplifying.
It is easy to get swept up in too much detail, particularly in these days when we get system-overload from all direction, demanding our attention.
Sometimes I strike things off my lists not because they were done, it was because, they didn’t matter to the scheme of things (or they get carried forward to another time)…It’s a civil service thing from my days of yore 🙂
Best wishes
I do this too, usually because I get sick of seeing them every day… its a freedom of sorts!
I agree with that, there’s something, somewhat undefinable which has got into the general Life style.
There used to be a time when it seemed only older folk would complain about time going too quickly, now I hear the complaint across the generations.
Then there’s this response which appears to affect the younger folk of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) an obsession with keeping up with trends, news of personalities, etc
I would suggest there is a definite system overload pressing us to do things, buy things, be places, have specific identities etc, etc.
I cleaned the kitchen floor yesterday…just because…It was a kind of odd kick-back against all of that. Weird reaction maybe, but we have a clean floor now 😃
I find myself doing things like this too, it’s as if we need to do something normal for a while …
There is comfort in visiting what some call the mundane. It reminds you how the basics of Life still go on.
I like that it feels real somehow, as well as normal…
Housework in moderation. If it’s my turn I tune into my most recent audio book or podcast and get the job done (or course that does mean my long suffering wife has to raise her voice or wave a lot to get my attention)
I never thought of doing that, does it work for gardening too?
Yep. Just make sure the earphone wires don’t get tangled in branches, or the device falls out of a pocket onto a rock/stones. 🙄
number one son has just brought me some of those wireless ear buds. I have yet to try them though…
I’d probably get one caught by a stray branch and lose it 🙄
They don’t seem to work with my desktop, so far not good!
I feel your frustration….That’s tech for you.
One afternoon was spent trying to convince our printer to talk to our new hub (or vice versa)
It gets harder every day to do even ghe simplest things…
Agreed.
Some day our houses are going to be computer run (for our own good, convivence and comfort). I’ve already been told by some young folk, their fridge / freezers nag them
Imagine trying to reset your entire house when the computer system fails (as it will).
Skynet is far more subtle than dreamed of in the Terminator films.
None of us are looking forward to the future it seems… scary stuff!
Well perhaps we’ll be as wrong as the predictions of free electricity for all households when nuclear power stations were built.
We might make it through.
There’s always Hope.🤞
Hope must be crawling on its hands and knees by now…
It never gives up though
There is that…
Hey, it could be a modern rain dance! We just all act like we’re getting out our mowers, and, presto! Deluge!
Oh yes indeed.
It’s been working like that for me these past fifteen years or so🌦️
I feel the gradual impact of age too, Jaye. At least you’re writing and keeping your brain sharp that way. The weather here is cooperating, so I’m not even doing that. I hope your new week is dry and gets you outside. Hang in there and don’t sweat the small stuff – like the length of the grass. 🙂
I have to worry about the grass, Diana. If it gets too long it’s so hard to cut. But I will be simplifying everything else…
🙂
I can say it is also terrible if you have to stay in a non airconditioned room. Let us make the best of it. A lot of fun and do not annoy the gray cells. Best wishes, Michael
I think I have gone way past annoying them, Michael…
We share this experience! What’s your high temperature been?
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I, too, have projects I’m not beginning or not finishing due to the unpredictable nature of the weather. Rather than blame old age, I’ll chalk it up to experience. I know what it’s like to be caught in the rain but still have to finish something, or put my tools away or have to rope off an area of the yard that’s no longer safe for people to walk through. I might think longer about how to approach a project, but since I’ve started down the wrong path more than a few times, I’ll file that under “lessons learned.”
I hope you get some good weather soon. Enjoy the time writing, and maybe give those patterns a second look.
You know I will, Dan. Stubborn to the end!
Old age only gets the better of you if you let it.
I always used to think that, Stevie, but reaching 80 is proving difficult…
Take it easy.
I think we all have this worry. But thankfully we have our writing. xo
And I will continue, even when I can no longer hold a pen…
Stay positive My Friend. Sometimes one just hast sit down and look at what has to be done; and, leave it at that for another day. Enjoy today for what it is. Stay Smiling.
After a while, Goff that can get frustrating. I will beat this thing or die trying…