being old

my sis and i went to overseas for 2 weeks and when i came back i found my cat ill. he did not bond with the house sitter and was very weak and had fluid in his longs. he is an old cat. i guess the lesson is old things do not like changes very well. the older you get the less you like them.

my great aunt in her last years...she lived to be over a hundred...ate the same food for her meals everyday. she didn't want any changes. i notice that as i get older, my eating habits are less adventuresome. more and more foods do not settle well.

i had changed cat food, because science diet raised there prices every month...or so it seemed. i had been feeding the cats that since they were young. dennis did not like the new food. i had changed it just before i left. turned out not to be a good idea. had to change back to get him to eat.

the doctors told me ...when i was thinking about moving mom to nebraska... that very old people usually die within a short time after a move. she chose to move rather than stay in boulder where she knew where things were and were she had friends. withing six months she had passed away. she was 90.

so i am thinking that if i don't move soon...and it is not a good time to move....i will be in this house (which i like--just don't like the cold weather and am far away from kids) until i die. the question is, how old is too old to be thinking about moving around?

even though i am an older person, i planned the route for our overseas trip. my computer got quite the workout. i especially liked that i could plan and print out railroad schedules for our trips in england and france. i am old but not foolish. my sis and i decided it would be less frustrating to ride the trains rather than try to drive on the left side of the road. she made all the reservations and so we went and had a great time.

and even though i don't program or do all the things that young people do today on computers, i still try to do new things. my kids help me:)