The daily conundrum

[susandennis]

I would love to sit in my chair all damn day. Crocheting, listening to my books or watching TV. Getting up now and again to pee or get something to eat. Maybe doing some laundry. Maybe not. That is my go to lovely day.

But, while I am in the enviable position of being able to do whatever I want whenever I want without answering to anyone, there are considerations...

Between what the world tells me I should do (which I honestly can easily fob off) and what my back tells me at the day after not moving all day and the threat of 'use it or lose it' - the inability to move when I actually may want to - all gives me angst. I'm 73. Clearly there are far fewer days ahead of me than behind me. But, still, what if I'm plagued with longevity? And I can no longer sit comfortably? Or live on my own? I'd be pissed. That's what. So, I spend the mornings, over coffee, trying to think of reasons to get out of my chair that aren't odious.

UNLESS, it's a swim day. Swimming is fun and feels good but the big pay off comes over that same coffee. It's a Stay In The Chair Free Pass. I don't have to go anywhere or do anything because I swam a mile this morning. so there.

Having said that. And having done my mile this morning, I'm still likely going out today. To Goodwill. It's a good way to get in steps and I want to check their progress with the new space and I have a couple of things I'd like to find and a bag of stuff to donate. So, that's on the radar today.

Today may be the last puffy vest day til fall. It's what I wear to the bus every morning but today I was really too warm by the time I got home so it's time to move it to the closet. One of the greatest things about Seattle is the weather. I love that we have seasons. I love that our seasons are not extreme. I'd love more snow but I understand. We generally have uncomfortably hot weather for only about 8 weeks. Mostly and on average, it's the best weather wise.

The skin on the back of my right hand has been peeling off for days. It's so weird. Finally, this morning, I remembered the sunburn it got a couple of weeks ago. Makes sense. Now. Still weird but less so.

There is no baseball game today (so no baseball loss - yeah!). When I was rooting around in the freezer for today's meal, I realized I had the stuff needed to recreate one of my Dinnerly meals from a few weeks ago. So cool. That's a plan.

Comments

[halfmoon_mollie1]

'They' keep saying sitting is the new smoking. I had a grandmother that lived to be 101 and she didn't move very much. Of course, she was a mean miserable woman, too. I think being mean keeps you alive longer That said, I got 12,141 steps in today, so I COULD sit in the chair.

[susandennis]

well, i can be mean... and now i have more reason!! i was also an excellent smoker. i loved it and i was good at it. so i get the sitting analogy.

i can easily do 12,000 steps if you combine all the days in a week! :)

[halfmoon_mollie1]

walking is my meditation. Sometimes I get lost in thought and walk a little farther than I should - which is how I ended up with hip bursitis last fall.

[taz_39]

It's good that you are getting out and about even if it's odious!

I am always using thrifting, or groceries, or somesuch as a way to force myself to be active.
Actual exercise is "yuck" to me, but if there is a necessity or a pleasure at the end of the exertion (groceries, thrift store, seeing something new) then I'm much more willing to put in the effort.

I will walk four miles round trip, or more, for a bakery.
I won't lift a finger for "staying in shape" lol.

[susandennis]

You would love my little corner of Seattle. The Goodwill store is huge and has everything and is really a lovely store. Then, a half mile from there is the giant Uwajimaya grocery store which has in house bakeries and is surrounded by more.

[taz_39]

arrrrrgh. I want to BE THERE. Lol. I absolutely would love all of that.

[gracegiver]

"But, still, what if I'm plagued with longevity?" This made me laugh-out-loud. Tying the two words together, plagued and longevity.
Good on you

[susandennis]

I do hope longevity is not contagious but I do wear a mask around really old people just in case.

[sherlockishere]

I so get this entry. Me, I'm doing nothing particularly physical at the moment. You out-exercise me. I am full of good intentions, but no action.

[kuda]

I'll be seventy in three months. I work retail so I'm on my feet for at least six hours a day. I seldom stand still. My doctor asked me if I walked after work. I gave him the stink eye and said not in this Texas heat. Then he said it was good I was still working since most people my age die if they retire. My mom lived to be eighty-two. She loved retirement. She sewed, crocheted and made quilts. She was never bored. We had fights about her mowing her yard. I seriously don't want to live to eighty-two.

[susandennis]

I've been retired now for a decade. (And never had an On The Feet job anyway) I'm not dead yet :) My Mom lived to 83 but she enjoyed all but the last week. I'm ok with that. If I can live like I live now, I'm fine with however long, really.

[desdemonaspace]

...angst...what if I'm plagued with longevity? And I can no longer sit comfortably? Or live on my own? I'd be pissed.

I could have written those words. I'm 67 and if someone made the decision for me that I couldn't live alone anymore, I'd run amok. Exercise is key for me. I'm totes with you on the swimming love. Love love love it.

[heartonsnow]

This is why I like older friends because we get the lack of energy and fear of becoming immobile. I've only recently begun to notice my age slowing me down, but mum is 90 and I have watched her slow down too.

Seasons are good. I am hoping to move soon, the sun in the communal garden has been blocked by new builds and it is now miserable out there.