Okay, this blog is taking a new turn. I was just using the blog to remember things but now I plan on using it to unite all of us. I mean those of us in the middle of our lives. Sure, some people might think that 50 is a little past the middle, but hey, there's a chance I can live to be 100. I'm shooting for 112 so in actuality I am not quite middle aged!
So, how do I begin? Well, I remember thinking, as I grew older that it was strange that there wasn't a book about what happens to your body as you aged. I remember reading a book about being a teenager - where's the book about old people?!? Well, now that I'm 50 I think I've figured out why there isn't a book. It might be too scary. Don't get me wrong there are so many things that are better now than they ever were in the past. I know what I am, who I am, what I enjoy, what I hate . . . life is good. But with the book reference, I was talking about actual physical changes, and I'm not ready to get into those just yet.
What I'd like to do is find a bunch of like minded ladies so that we can share and enjoy life a little more. I mean, I hate being so invisible. I'm not invisible. I know I'm standing there next to people and I am looking them in the eye and smiling. I'm just not getting the smiles back. Don't get me wrong, people aren't being rude and turning away . . . they simply don't see me. It's kinda cool and yet very disconcerting.
As for finding like minded people. I'm having a problem finding people to do stuff with. Here I have the time, I have the desire, I have some money and now . . . where'd all the people go?!? It seems most people are just happy to sit in their living room and watch their tv instead of getting out and enjoying life. I have to admit I fall into that quite often but I still want to travel and eat and read and watch and dance . . . come on people!! Where are you?!?
Even if you don't want to get out it would still be nice to have someone to have a conversation with. I don't want to talk about your diet or your last work out. I am soooooooooooooo very bored with all of that. That's all the women at work talk about. I mean the younger women. I actually had a woman in her early thirties tell me in all earnest that she just can't decide whether to eat the fresh fruit or a pretzel or two from a bag. She thought the pretzel would be less calories and she just didn't think the fruit is worth it. PLEASE. In the first place it bores the hell out of me to hear someone go on for fifteen minutes about food and their frickin' diet but to hear her tell me that two pretzels from a little bag in a machine would be better for her than the fresh fruit. WHAT?!? What ever happened to the pure pleasure of eating that sweet chilled grape or the tartness of the pineapple? How could a dry pretzel even begin to compare?!?
Trust me that this blog is NOT about bitching and moaning, especially about individuals. I tell you the story about this woman to highlight why I want to find other women like me to talk with. I want to find some women of substance. I want to hear your stories and hear what you find interesting. Just don’t make it diet or your exercise routine. Unless, it is interesting in some way.
I googled 50 year old women hoping to find a website devoted to us. I didn’t come across anything.
Let’s start it!
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