So this is 76

So this is what it feels like to be 76.

Who would have thought, I still be here.

As the old saying went.. if I had known

I was going to be living this long, I would

have taken better care of myself. lol

Well, to be honest, it isn't much different

than 75 or 71 for that matter..  Can't say

it is isn't any different than 66, as at 66,

I was stronger.  I could lift more. I could

walk longer...

But over all, 76 isn't bad.  After all it is

better than the alternative.. and when

you consider 45 use to be old, this taint

bad.

I have outlived my mother, as she was not quite

74.  But got a ways to go to get to my dad...

as he lived to 82 and he was pretty spry

for that age.. Still out there running the tractor

cutting hay, just 3 months before he passed.

And actually my father's side are long livers.

My aunt was heading to her 89th birthday

when she passed, just a month before. And

she was doing a jig in the Sears store as

she was trying on shoes for a trip to Canada

in 2 weeks, the morning of the night that

she passed. 

So my decision years ago was to live until

I died.. instead of waiting around to die.

And so far I have done a pretty good job

of it all.

So as my dad use to say.. well.. I got

places to go, people to see, and things

to do.. so enjoy your day, as I sure will

be enjoying mine.