I raved a while back about my eyesight getting better, which I thought odd after 20-some years of gradual deterioration and with being in my mid-fifties and all. I think it may have even gotten better since then as I can now watch TV without glasses or contacts and read the crawl across the bottom of the screen on the news channels. I’m quite certain I could pass the vision test and have that restriction removed from my driver’s license.
Now, it seems other changes are taking place. I have always sucked at crossword puzzles. While we were flying overseas, I picked up the airline magazine and for some strange reason thought I’d take a stab at the puzzle. Finished it. In like 30 minutes. I bought one of the crossword puzzles books. Did 3 this morning while laying in bed. Nailed them. Now these probably aren’t the most difficult puzzles in the world, but just the fact that it is coming so easy and the ability seemingly came so suddenly is a tad mind bending for this old guy.
As I’ve aged, I have noticed certain changes that, while not desirable, are expected. Hair growth in weird places like the ears and an increased quantity of nose hairs. I was always able to crack most bones in my body (neck, back, hips, shoulders), but today it’s pretty much limited to my fingers. What I didn’t expect was any improvements to come my way on the dark side of 50 except for possibly wisdom (and I’m not sure that is directly correlated to aging).
What’s next? The ability to understand nuclear fission? sabermetrics? skmsw’s posts? Maybe I should try my hand at sudoku…
Where will it all end??? I may just pull one of my dad's old guitars out of the closet and see what happens.
