My fantastic wife makes Christmas very special; she is the Christmas Angel.
Today, I am eighty years old, and let me tell you, I feel not a day over ninety!!
We went to the torture chamber and got bent and twisted in many unnatural positions; near the end, I felt like Gumby! When my trainer says to do twenty reps, I begin counting by fives!
The entire gym had to sing Happy Birthday, so I was glad it was a small gym, and the voices did NOT carry across the parking lot or to the Villa Park Police Station next door. After the exercise, I was glad to be standing upright!
The gym physical instructors are a friendly group of [people who enjoy seeing pain and suffering.
My iPhone battery was on life support and I forgot the cord (our iPhones have different plugs, what a pain!). We stopped at Staples, jumped out, and bought new cords for the car. Arriving at the doctor’s office, I stayed in the car and brought the iPhone back to life.
We called Miss Vicky and tempted her with oysters at The Fish Company; it worked, and she joined us. The three of us carried on for an hour having rainbow trout, which is fantastic. Rainbow trout are known for their striking colors and patterns, which vary depending on their age, environment, and spawning conditions. They have small black spots and a reddish band on either side of their bodies.
The oysters you ask? Well, I reached for one of the twelve they brought us and got a ruler across my knuckles from Miss Vicky and a resounding, “Do Not Touch, Mine Mine Mine!!” I quickly withdrew my hand for fear of losing it!
We were afraid to ask!!
Departing The Fish Company
From the Fish Company, we went home and watched Christmas Movies.
I muddled through two Christmas movies before throwing in the towel! What else can you do?
My cough returned, so I loading up on Hot Toddy’s interspersed with wine. By 8:00 pm, I was done for the day, and we went to bed. OMG, my eightieth birthday (I am as old as dirt!), and I am in bed at 8:00 pm; what has this world come to?
As I was drifting off, I relived the past several years and give thanks to my amazing family and wonderful friends who celebrated with me yesterday! Thanks again to Vicky, Robin, and Bob and the many others for putting on such a super shindig yesterday!
I also salute my amazing, astonishing, astounding, beguiling, bewildering, conspicuous, cool, divine, egregious, enigmatic, exceptional, exquisite, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, fascinating, formidable, gilt-edged, glorious, golden, groovy, heavenly partner in life who makes every day worth getting up and yelling, “Look out world, here we come!!!”
I go to bed thinking of her and wake up thinking of her; it’s a wonderful way to go through life!
