Getting Older

Sometimes you get jokes by email. Eric Jayne sent me a few…

…I’ve sure gotten old. I’ve had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement,
new knees. Fought prostate cancer and diabetes. I’m half blind, can’t hear
anything quieter than a jet engine, take 40 different medications that make
me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts. Have bouts with dementia. Have
poor circulation; hardly feel my hands and feet anymore. Can’t remember if
I’m 85 or 92. Have lost all my friends. But, thank God, I still have my
driver’s license.

bada bing…

…THE SENILITY PRAYER Grant me the senility to forget the people I never
liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight
to tell the difference.

bada bong

…I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape, so I got my doctor’s
permission to join a fitness club and start exercising. I decided to take an
aerobics class for seniors. I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour. But, by the time I got my leotards on, the class
was over