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This past week or so I've been a bit befuddled about some of the things that are going on with me physically.  No worries... there is nothing graphic to tell you here.  But Todd provided one easy explanation... and I was remiss in coming up with angle to disagree... he said "you're getting old."

Exhibit 1:  I have been falling asleep at around 8pm... on Saturday night! 

We'll be watching TV and pretty consistently I have been nodding off.   For a couple of those weeks, Todd blamed it on my alleged disinterest in the HBO mini-series John Adams.  While I am not the history buff in our house, I do think the mini-series is incredibly well-done and interesting... but alas I have faded away each time... and so consistently that Todd is threatening to watch the remaining episodes without me.  This past Saturday night, we ended up watching one of the myriad of Prophet of Doom (copyright to JD) shows that have recently been airing on the National Geographic (excuse me, "NatGeo"... they're trying to sound hip these days) Channel... but even the total disappearance of humans via Aftermath: Population Zero didn't keep my eyes open.  Though I did wake up in time to see the Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty tumble just mere centuries after everyone left the planet.

I think part of the blame lies in "sleeping in" on the weekend.  Any sleep "expert," will tell you should go to sleep and wake up at the same time every day regardless of whether one has to go to work in the morning.  Even our high-energy dog is agreeable to a couple of extra hours on the weekend... so I'm guessing getting more sleep is just making my body crave more sleep... and thus the early "lights out" on what used to be the big night on the town a decade or so ago!

Exhibit 2:   Muscle and body aches.

After the relative early night on Saturday, I woke up to an incredibly stiff neck on Sunday morning.  I have been known to throw out my back on occasion, but this is the first time in a long while that it seemed so centered on the neck region.  At least I was able to move it around a bit, but occasionally I would get a shooting pain or spasm... fun!  And my trapezius muscles (don't think I didn't just have to look that up) -- the ones that go from your neck towards your shoulder -- were so tight/tense you could bounce the proverbial quarter off of them.  I applied heat to the area and it seemed to help a bit, but only time seems to be the cure for these back/neck muscle ails.  Things are a bit better this morning, and hopefully in the next day or so things will get back to normal.

Exhibit 3:  You can eat whatever you want for dinner

Now, this getting old stuff isn't all bad!   Occasionally, we'll have a late big lunch/brunch on the weekend or was the case yesterday when we went to the Diamondbacks game munch or way (at semi-great expense) through the afternoon.   So when it gets to dinnertime, one is not terribly hungry... but still there is the desire to eat something.  The solution: ice cream for dinner!   Okay, my medium Birthday Cake Remix concoction from Cold Stone will not rank high on healthy dinner options... but it sure was satisfying and filled me up... and was no authority figure to tell me I couldn't do it!

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[buckaroo]

...ok, all Scott has to do is mention the movie "Robots" and I get tired. We tried to watch it twice and both times within the 1st 15 minutes, I was out like a light. See what you get to look forward to being "old".

[Scott-O-Rama]

I can totally relate. I had to go to the chiro for my back, and now I need to make an eye doctor appointment.

I can't eat whatever I want for dinner though. I could do that when I was in my 20's, but once I hit 30, my metabolism changed and I started gaining weight. Ice cream for dinner? I think those days are over for me.

*sigh*