Getting Old

I know this is a subject lots of people write about, but I am sure that I have new insight into it, lol. As I age, I find that you have to be careful about laughing about things in public, and for God's sake, don't cough or sneeze. Women get the extra joys of peeing on ourselves when this happens. Yeah, I know it's gross but what are ya gonna do? I never realized this was an issue until it happened to me. This is not something women ever talk about. We learn to be proficient at hiding our little 'accidents'. We keep bladder control pads in our purses because we may have to switch while we are out. Sorry guys, but thongs aren't really an option too much anymore. There just isn't enough material there to hold a pad and if you don't have one on, not enough material to catch the pee. Then not only do you have wet underwear, but it's also running down your leg. Then you have to try to walk, while hiding you're wet spots, and pretend your undies aren't sticking every time you move. By the way ladies, a large handbag or long shirt helps tremendously here. I'm pretty sure all you guys are thinking how totally gross this is, but older women know where I'm coming from with this. I can pee 500 times before going to the store and drink nothing at all, but just one sneeze and it's all over. My kids made fun of me when this first started happening (told ya we had a weird sense of humor lol) but now they do like everyone else and try to ignore it. This is not a problem that we can afford to ignore any more. We, as women, need to come up with a solution to this because the men are too busy laughing at us. I have tried medicines that are supposed to help with this. They work... you can't pee at all when you take them and I can't imagine that's healthy. I keep hoping I will just kind of dry up and the problem will solve itself. Now, onto a whole different aspect of aging. I find, as I get older, that it rarely crosses my mind to go do something exciting and dangerous. Where we used to laugh at fear now we have embraced it. I have discovered that when I fall, it hurts and I don't much like it. When I was younger, we used to do some exceedingly stupid things (shooting each other with bb guns and running over each other with minibikes comes immediately to mind) and never thought twice about how painful or stupid it was. Now if someone asks me to do something new, my immediate thoughts are, a. Is this gonna hurt? and b. What are the odds I will get hurt? I have found that as I get older, it takes me longer to heal from everything. Even giving blood leads to a month long bruise that stays swollen. I don't mean a measly little gray bruise either, mine are usually a spectacular shade of purple mixed with black that covers half my arm. Good thing I don't shoot up because I could never hide it. I would just be one big bruise lol. Also, now we take more into account things that are supposed to improve our health. Like eating right. Did you ever really care when you were a teenager that fast food wasn't good for you? Me neither. I think God wires this into us because I find that as I get older, not only does fast food not taste that great, but it makes me run to the bathroom within minutes. I would much rather eat a nice meal at home. I have also discovered that I am 'set in my ways'. I like everything to go just the same every day with no surprises. I enjoy my schedule and don't like for things to come up that interrupt me. Of course, if it was a great surprise, like I won money or something, I am sure I could make the adjustment. I also find that I run out of things to say on the phone, my sister and I used to talk for 4-5 hours a day easy. Now I find it hard to find conversational material for a 15 minute conversation. all-nighters? Not any more. I need every bit of my sleep, and everyone knows when I didn't get enough. For those of you who are getting older, you know exactly where I'm coming from and for those of you who are still young, don't worry. your day is coming.