Over the
last six year since I turned sixty, I have found
getting older is a series of adventures: never knowing what to expect next. And
I never knew how many of those adventures would have to do with this body of
mine: the occasional broken hip, incapacitating dizzy spells; hearing loss (my
hearing in one ear is so bad it doesn’t need a hearing aid so hearing aids are half
the price!), a nose that springs a leak
without any warning - foretelling things to
come?, anxiety dreams about forgetting words during conversations - do I
need to go on?
And even
though the body isn’t always cooperative, there are advantages to growing
older. Really. I can take a mid-day nap without anyone
raising an eyebrow; I feel entitled and sometimes even compelled to give unsolicited
advice about life to fortysomethings;
if
I forget or misplace something, I am excused because, you know,
older folks are like that; and I have learned so
much about health problems I could start my own medical practice.
I am sure
there are still many more adventures left – some good and some I wish I could
avoid. But with the many role models I see every day who are my guides showing
me the cliffs to avoid and the mountains to climb, I am looking forward to the
making the best of the many years ahead.
The Center
hasn't scheduled any trips yet, but most
every month, Community Education Services of the Hood River
School District offers a
Mystery Trip usually on
the third Wednesday of the month. The
mystery and the fun is that no one except the bus driver knows where you are
going. But the trip always includes some kind of
adventure plus lunch for only
$40.00. The bus leaves from the LDS Church
parking lot in Hood River at 9:00 and returns by 4:00. The
next trip is scheduled for May 21st. To
register call Hood River Community Ed at
541-386-2055 or email them at community.ed@hoodriver.k12.or.us.
At every one of
the 11:00 Tuesday Lecture at the
Center, I guarantee you will learn something
new and useful. For example,
last Tuesday, Ann Stanley
from Gorge Spine and Sports Medicine explained that in order to reduce your
risk of falling you need to not only work on balance, but also
improve your strength, flexibility and endurance. There are
many places where you can do that such as The Fitness
and Court Club, Water’s Edge, and at
the Center which offers the Chair Yoga,
Seniorcise, Tai Chi and Strong Women
classes.
As a part of
the Tuesday Lectures, the Center with
the help of Joyce Powell Morin and MCMC, has lined up
a Fourth Tuesday Spring Lecture Series called "You
and Your Health" focusing on health
issues facing older adults. On April
22nd, Nicole Clark, an Acupuncturist at Water's Edge, will
explain the many ways acupuncture
can improve your health; on May 27th, Andy Roof, physical
therapist, will discuss how to manage living with persistent pain; and on June
23rd James Petrusich,
audiologist, will explain what you can do about hearing loss.
Okay, you
had a week's break so now it is time to start working out again at the cerebral
gym. See if you can decipher this week’s music announcement for the Center.
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The name of
the automobile that was every young man's dream
fifty years ago was the Ford Mustang. (And
the winner of a Cherry Festival Breakfast on April 26th is Lyn Dalton.)
For this
week's "Remember When" question let's again go back
fifty years to May of
1964 when this daytime soap opera
debuted on NBC and ran through 1999. What was the name of the show that for fifteen
years was
NBC's highest rated soap opera, and included the plot line of a love triangle with businessman
Steve Frame, schemer Rachel Davis and the more sophisticated Alice Mathews. E-mail your answer to
mcseniorcenter@gmail.com, call 541-296-4788 or mail it with
a stamped envelope postmarked from the town of Bay City.
Well, it has
been another week realizing once
again, I
don't really have a clue. Until we meet again, laugh, love
and enjoy every sandwich.
“You only
find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out." Warren
Buffett
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