I forgot how old I am!

Last night the hubby and I were discussing how we had lost half our retirement fund in the stock market and I said I could start collecting Social Security next year when I turn 62.  He said "you can start collecting this year, you're aready 62.  Haven't you been opening all those letters they have been sending you?"  Well...no I have not!  I can remember the name of my first grade teacher but I have been walking around for a year thinking I was 61??? OMG!  This is sad, but pretty funny.

Also, on another subject...how long do you give yourself in the morning if you have to go to work, or let's say have a day planned to go to the casino for OLD Ladies Day, to walk off the stiffness, gobble down pain pills and other meds that do squat, soak the burning out of your thighs in the tub...you know what I mean.  Is two hours normal?

I plan to win enough money to buy a hot tub with my free $20 comp.  Wish me luck.

donna

You go, girl!  I once won a $900 jackpot on a nickel machine and what made it so sweet is that it was on my comp!

I bet, however, you knew how old you were when you won it!

donna

Hey...what ticks me off is that I could have been getting senior citizen's discounts for all these months!  Most shops, resturants etc. give them at 62 around here.  I could have save 26 cents on my Wendy's order last night.  Oh, the humanity!

You can get an AARP card when you turn 50 and you get some good discounts with that too.

 

And some times I forget my age and have to count, on my fingers no less, from the year of my birth!  I also have forgotten my phone number and had to look at my checks to remember.  Fibro fog can be downright funny!    

Sherrine

I was born in 1950 so I can keep track of my age pretty easy. I do have to stop and think sometimes how old my sons and grandchildren are and I have trouble keeping track of what grade my grandchildren are in.

 

I've started to give my phone number and gone blank. I went to get a rx filled for DH this morning and they asked when his birthdate was and I started to give them mine. These are everyday things anymore that I'm use to. As long as I don't forget my name and where I live I'm okay.

 

It takes me at least two hours to get going in the mornings. I spend two or three hours on here in the mornings catching up.

 

It is time for me to get up and get busy.

 

luv and hugs

Marlee

 

OMG! I have also had times where I forgot how old I was and had to count starting from my birth year. How embarrassing!

As for how long it takes me in the morning, I usually need an extra hour or so, but it also depends on how much pain I'm in. There have been times I've had severe sciatica and couldn't bend or bend my legs. So it took me 45 min to and hour just to get my socks on! It would take even more time to get the rest of my clothes on. Plus doing everything else. And just to get in or out of the car could take up to 1/2 hour when in such severe pain.

How strange, they forget how old they are but not how much they won in slot machines.

 

luv and hugs

Marlee

I have forgotten how old I am many times, I have never lied about it, but when I stop to think of the age, I've had ppl say don't make it up, just tell the truth. For many yrs. I felt like I was still 21, that ship sailed a l o n g time ago. Now I don't feel any particular age, just ME. I need time to get ready to go someplace. When I went to work and getting children ready for school, I needed at least 3 hrs. to do it all. Now just to get me ready, it is usually 2 hrs. I have 2 speeds, stop and go. I make my adjustments to time so I don't slow anyone else down. The thought of being late drives me crazy.

I know my house phone, not a prob. My cell phone is another story, my DD put my number in my phone on my list of family and friends. Since my name starts w/ A, I'm first on my list - easy to find. lol. At least when I see it, I recognize it. My DD also put my DH's number in his phone. He still doesn't recognize the number if he sees it, and his name isn't right there.

I remember my familiy's B/D, even my sibs families, including their grandchildren, anniversaries, B/D for friends, but what I just read a few minutes ago - Not so much.

God bless.  Alice.

Don't feel too bad, Cathy...I started going grey when I was 20! waaaaaaa

No one ever gets my age right. It can be a good thing and a bad thing. The good thing is, at the theme park we have nearby, everytime I go to the booth where they guess your age or weight, I have them guess age, and they always estimate it to be higher, so I always win a prize. My guess is because I have more salt than pepper on my head, lol! I started going grey when I was about 20 or so. When I was about 30, I was at a supermarket, and was buying some beer for DH. And you know, at most places, they have signs that say if you even LOOK like you might be younger than 21, they have to card you. Well, the little girl at the register, who looked about 12 years old and 80 pounds soaking wet, rang it up like everything else. Teasing, I asked her, "Don't you have to card me to prove my age?". Without missing a beat, the bubble gum queen looked me dead in the eye and said "Nope, I can tell just by looking that you're old."!!! DH laughed when I got home and told him, and said she PROBABLY meant that I was old ENOUGH, but she did not say ENOUGH, so I was ready to jump over the counter and ring her scrawny neck. So I did the next best thing-I made a mental curse on her that she would marry a loser and have 8 kids and have to live in a trailer in her momma and daddy's backyard forever, lol!!!