Day 528

This is my 64th birthday.  I can no longer deny that I'm old.  I used to think about how the future will be.  Now I think about how long I have left.  I knew that there would be a physical decline, but I didn't realize about things like arthritis, prostate, and incipient diabetes.  Like they say, getting old sucks - but consider the alternative.  On the bright side retirement is great.  It's so nice to do what I want, when I want.  I'm especially fond of turning off the alarm and going back to sleep.  The money is kind of a two edge sword.  It's great to have all that I need, only there isn't anything I want to spend it on.  I also have a little regret about spending so much time and effort earning it.  I wish that we had retired earlier.  Oh well, I promised myself that I wouldn't have any regrets when I got older.  It's a given that mistakes would be made.  The key is not to dwell on them.

I turned off the alarm and went back to sleep for about 45 minutes this morning.  I did about half an hour of surfing and then got up.  After pet stuff I immediately called the gravel place.  They said they could deliver in the afternoon.

I had breakfast and then drove to Dripping Springs to get the truck license.  It was a nice morning, so I ran the dog in the park across the street.  She did 33 retrieves.

We got home about 11:30.  A little while after that my phone droided.  It was a voice mail from the gravel place.  They wanted to deliver early.  Fucking Verizon (is that one word?) didn't ring my phone and delayed the voicemail for 2 hours.  I called and told them to deliver it immediately.

By 12:50 or so I had another 9 yards of gravel in the yard.  I immediately went to work.  I spent a little less than an hour and a half moving 12 or 13 loads.  It was hot and sunny.  I was drenched in sweat and very tired by the time I quit.  I got a little over 1/3 of the remaining area by the side of the house covered.

I went in and took a shower and had lunch.  It's my birthday, so I decided to relax the diet.  I had a couple of pieces of candy for dessert.  I also had a drink.  I needed it, I'm sore.  This is the first day I've been sore.

I ordered some scope mounts from DVOR yesterday.  I emailed them telling them to use my store credit.  They sent me back a note saying they have no record of my having a credit.  I sent them a copy of the email and told them to credit my card and update their records.  We'll see what happens.

I didn't sleep well last night.  I couldn't get to sleep, and when I did I kept waking up.  That, coupled with the drink, caused me to take a nap right after lunch.  I woke up about 4:45.

I took the dog to the mailbox.  I'm having pizza for dinner.  It turns out that if I only eat 1/3 of it, it's about the same calories as one of the TV dinners.  I'll eat more though, it's my birthday.

The evening will be reading, surfing, and a little TV.