{"id":85134,"date":"2024-12-16T01:54:39","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T08:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=85134"},"modified":"2024-12-17T18:56:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T01:56:11","slug":"i-really-be-eighty-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=85134","title":{"rendered":"I Really Be Eighty Today!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My fantastic wife makes Christmas very special; she is the Christmas Angel.<\/p><\/div>\n

Today, I am eighty years old, and let me tell you, I feel not a day over ninety!!<\/p>\n

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!<\/p>\n

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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.\u00a0 After the exercise, I was glad to be standing upright!<\/p>\n

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The gym physical instructors are a friendly group of [people who enjoy seeing pain and suffering.<\/p><\/div>Mary had a doctor’s appointment in Los Alamitos, so we jumped in The Silver Fox, our trusty steed, and zoomed up the 22.\u00a0 The Fox thought he was practicing for Christmas Eve, and he was passing everyone like they were standing still.\u00a0 It turns out they were; we passed a car lot!<\/p>\n

My iPhone battery was on life support and I forgot the cord (our iPhones have different plugs, what a pain!).\u00a0 We stopped at Staples, jumped out, and bought new cords for the car.\u00a0 Arriving at the doctor’s office, I stayed in the car and brought the iPhone back to life.<\/p>\n

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We called Miss Vicky and tempted her with oysters at The Fish Company; it worked, and she joined us.\u00a0 The three of us carried on for an hour having rainbow trout, which is fantastic.\u00a0 Rainbow trout are known for their striking colors and patterns, which vary depending on their age, environment, and spawning conditions.\u00a0<\/span>They have small black spots and a reddish band on either side of their bodies.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The oysters you ask?\u00a0 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!!”\u00a0 I quickly withdrew my hand for fear of losing it!<\/p>\n

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We were afraid to ask!!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Departing The Fish Company<\/p><\/div>\n

From the Fish Company, we went home and watched Christmas Movies.<\/p>\n

I muddled through two Christmas movies before throwing in the towel!\u00a0 What else can you do?<\/p>\n

My cough returned, so I loading up on Hot Toddy’s interspersed with wine.\u00a0 By 8:00 pm, I was done for the day, and we went to bed.\u00a0 OMG, my eightieth birthday\u00a0 (I am as old as dirt!), and I am in bed at 8:00 pm; what has this world come to?<\/p>\n

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!\u00a0 Thanks again to Vicky, Robin, and Bob and the many others for putting on such a super shindig yesterday!<\/p>\n