HOY !!! HOY !!! HOY !!!

HOY !!!  HOY !!!  HOY !!!

AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME. YUP TODAY IS THE BIG ONE…. 65.

I CAN REMEMBER BACK TO THE DAYS WHEN I THOUGHT 30 WAS OLD. I THINK I CELEBRATED THAT ONE FOR 10 DAYS. HAVEN’T CELEBRATED A BIRTHDAY THAT HARD SINCE, AND NOW I HAVE KIDS OVER 30.

30 WAS A BIG ONE FOR ME BECAUSE OF SOME COMPUTER PROFILE THAT SAID I’D NEVER SEE 30 BASED ON THE MILES I DROVE PER YEAR WITHOUT USING A SEATBELT, MY SMOKING, MY WEIGHT, LACK OF EXERCISE, ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, AND A BUNCH OF OTHER NEGATIVE FACTORS, BUT THOSE WERE THE MAIN ONES.

AS I TAKE A LOOK AT THESE FACTORS TODAY, THE DAYS OF A NEW COMPANY CAR EVERY TWO YEARS ARE LONG GONE, BUT I STILL DON’T WEAR A SEATBELT. MY NEW YEARS RESOLUTION IS TO LOSE 40 POUNDS. I’VE BEEN USING A PEDOMETER THE LAST YEAR AND EASILY DO 50,000 STEPS A WEEK, WITH A GOAL OF 70,000. I’VE NEVER BEEN A WHISKEY DRINKER, BUT I DO LOVE MY BEER, AND DRINK 35 BEERS A WEEK, BUT I USUALLY DRINK MILLER 64, WHICH HAS HALF AS MANY CALORIES AND HALF AS MUCH ALCOHOL. I’VE EVEN MADE PROGRESS ON MY SMOKING AND USE ONE OF THOSE NEW FANGLED ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES, AND HAVE NOT HAD A REAL CIGARETTE IN 15 MONTHS.

WHEN I WAS A YOUNGSTER MY GRANDPARENTS RETIRED ON THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY AT AGE 64, MY PARENTS AT 65.THESE DAYS THE AGE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY IS 66, AND THE NEXT GENERATION, AGE 67.

I GUESS THAT MEANS THE BIG DAY IS REALLY NEXT YEAR WHEN I TURN 66.