{"id":90083,"date":"2025-07-23T10:44:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T17:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=90083"},"modified":"2025-07-24T09:25:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T16:25:55","slug":"i-am-having-my-mid-week-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=90083","title":{"rendered":"I Am Having My Midmorning Week Crisis!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mary says, “Good Morning, you all!”<\/p><\/div>\n

Mary was first up on this fine day.\u00a0 Meanwhile, I was having my midmorning crisis.<\/p>\n

A midmorning crisis is a period of self-reflection and emotional turbulence that some people experience during old age, typically between 80 and 100 years old.\u00a0 It’s characterized by a reassessment of one’s life choices, identity, and mortality, often leading to feelings of dissatisfaction, regret, worry about making it to the bathroom before Mother Nature calls, needing to wear Depends, and a desire for better coffee.\u00a0 While not a formal diagnosis, it’s a common experience with various potential causes and symptoms.<\/p>\n

We managed to get out of bed and head to the gym, where we suffered great indignities.\u00a0 What kind of indignities, you ask?\u00a0 Attempting to bend over, forgetting where we put our water bottles, losing count of the number of reps we had achieved, trying to avoid breaking wind, and leaving through the door without hitting both sides of the door jam on the way to the car!<\/p>\n

When we got home, Mary did the dishes in our new super deluxe dishwasher.<\/p>\n

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On the way home, we got a text from Vicky, and Dianne is going to join us on the 28th at Pageant of the Masters!\u00a0 This show will be Vicky’s thirty-third consecutive year (excluding the COVID year).<\/p>\n

Mary and I got to talking about our dear friends, and we decided to post this sign shortly.<\/p>\n

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Mary made an excellent lunch.\u00a0 \u00a0I assisted by chopping up the watermelon.\u00a0 I was surprised it was yellow on the inside.\u00a0 Notice how I cut the melon.\u00a0 When you reach for a “slice,” you get your own “popsicle”.<\/p>\n

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The yellow sun melon was the best we ever had!<\/p><\/div>\n

The yellow watermelon was cultivated before the red watermelon and boasts a honey-like sweetness.\u00a0 Yellow watermelons lack lycopene, the pigment that gives red watermelons their color, and instead contain beta-carotene.\u00a0 \u00a0They have been grown in Africa for over 5,000 years and were even depicted in the tomb of King Tutankhamun, suggesting their significance as a source of water and sustenance in the afterlife.\n<\/div>\n

 
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