How To Feel Old With One Click...

[3catwoman3]

...of a computer key.

This past Thursday, I went on line and enrolled in Medicare.

I will be 65 in April. I am still working, with no immediate plans to retire. My hair is not yet silver, thanks to good hair genes from my dad. I exercise 4 days a week and can back squat 165 pounds 20 times. I am on track to have accumulated 4 millions steps by the 1 yr anniversary of my FitBit. Our sons are in their early- and mid-twenties, and neither one has made me a grandmother yet, which is fine with me.

Despite all the above positives, enrolling in Medicare was very sobering.

[Fla Dem]

1. Awesome! Age is just a number! nt

[mnhtnbb]

2. Welcome to the Club. I will be 65 next month

and Saturday I received a nice little note from the Social Security Administration advising me how much they would be deducting for Medicare Part B from my monthly SS check (which I started collecting
at 62).

This birthday is really getting to me. Last time one got to me, I turned 40.

Our boys are mid to late 20's and I seriously doubt there will be grandchildren. They are both in committed relationships (gay), but neither one is interested in children.
Yes, I still highlight my hair with blonde. I tried to let it go gray several years ago and there just wasn't enough of it. No need to look mousey.

No fitbit for me, but I walk with my dog several times a day. We clock about 90 minutes walking, most days.

[LiberalElite]

4. 65 didn't bother me but, 40? Oh boy

I haven't been the same since. Suddenly mortality reared its ugly head when I hit 40.

[sharp_stick]

5. That was me too

40 was a rough one.

[LiberalElite]

6. Something just "clicked" and that was it

[sharp_stick]

7. For some reason

on my 40th the first thing I thought of was that I turned 16 when my Mom and Dad were 40.

Mortality really hit.

[3catwoman3]

9. I was 41 1/2 when our second son was born, so...

...that made me feel like I was in my late 20s or early 30s.

If I'd had a kid when I was 24, that kid would now be 41 - We all have our own time tables.

[IrishEyes]

3. I don't know if this will help.

There are a lot of woman over 65 that are still being awesome. Obviously, there are tons that I'm missing.

Madeline Albright 78
Barbara Mikulski 79
Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg 82
Jane Goodall 81

Here are some 10 female celebrities that look great.

Susan Sarandon 69
Raquel Welch 73
Cher 67
Diahann Carroll 78
Julie Christie 72
Helen Mirren 68
Diane Keaton 67
Tina Turner 73
Sally Field 66
Goldie Hawn 67

[3catwoman3]

8. That is a good list, Irish.

Thank you. I would add Julie Andrews. (Cher, of course, has had more than a little help - too much, IMO)

When I look in the mirror, I don't see my own mental image of a Medicare recipient - white-haired, and creeping along with a walker. I need to adjust my thinking, I guess. My mom is about to be 94, and people are routinely shocked by that. Everyone thinks she is about 80.

[sarge43]

10. No point in fretting about the inevitable. Just consider the alternative.

My moment came when I let my hair go grey. I started seeing my mother looking back at me in the mirror. After that Medicare/Social Security was just more paper work.