Monday: Cranky and crampy

Ugh. Middle age is kicking my ass. How can it be that I wake up more sore and cramped than when I went to bed? Crikey! That's all wrong!

The only thing that made me feel more limber this morning was exercise - specifically, the ten-block walk between the my new parking lot and my office. So I'd better walk some more at lunch.

This morning, Bunny hugged me very hard and told me she worries about me because I'm cranky all the time. I wanted to reply, 'Cranky all the time? Do you really mean all? The? Time?' Except, of course, that would have instantly proven her right, and it would have been the height of irony, and our ears would have spontaneously jumped right off our heads in disbelief.

Comments

[Sue]

Dr. Sue recommends a brisk ten block walk x 2 daily; with a supplemental lunch time meander; all of this preceded by a large Bunny love hug daily.

[Anthony]

Not only that, you've also just used the word "crikey" in a sentence. Which can only mean that you're in the process of being possesed by Steve Erwin. If you find yourself muttering something like "now your Australian rock snake is a tricky bugger" in the middle of planning conferences or when the boss asks about your homelife, start putting the local Catholic priest (I suggest Dominicans, as Jesuits are way too rational for this kind of thing) on your speed-dial. It's very possible that the cramps you are experiencing are the results of your head rotating 360 degrees while you're asleep!

[pam]

Dr. Sue: Thank you, my dear - that's the best advice. What do I owe you?

Anthony: Croikey! Your stingray, that's a killah!

[Kathryn]

Boy do I hear you on this one! Lately, I don't feel any older during the day than when I first get out of bed. Creak creak creak. After a few steps the joints get loosened up but til then I feel like quite an oldster. (And every day I think, "I'm too young for this!")I hear stretching before bed helps but it seems to take all my energy just to climb the stairs to get to bed. I can't imagine exercising before I collapse into sleep.

[Lori]

While being middle age has its upsides, this is surely true. I solved the aching in the morning by getting down to Sleep Train and spending the disposable income I have now that I didn't have when I was 25 to buy the most comfortable bed in the world--no more morning grunts and groans--it all balances out.