Feeling My Age

Old age & arthritis are the pits! It's so frustrating that a simple out-of-the- ordinary activity can come back to bite you. I'm "feeling the pain" this evening after playing with my nephew, Corey this afternoon. We started playing badminton, but the wind blew the birdie too much, so we changed to tennis rackets & a tennis ball. His mom, Shari joined in too. We hit the ball some, chased it alot, but mostly laughed!! We had a great time. I knew I'd be stiff & a little sore in the morning, but my shoulder is already hurting some. (And I was thinking this afternoon that maybe Corey & I could really play tennis this summer). It was totally worth it to spend some quality time making memories with Corey though. I feel sorry for him sometimes that all his adults are falling to pieces, and just can't do some things he'd like for us too. I wish I had the energy I had at eight years old, even 1/2 of it! My mind just can't get my body to cooperate. That tree Corey climbed later was pulling at my inner child to climb it, but there's just way too much to lift to a branch these days! Besides, Shari was running around with the ever present camera!