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...well it's my birthday too, yeah!
I'll be turning 65 in about 40 minutes. I got my Medicare card in the mail last week. I feel great--at least 10 years younger than I did this time a year ago. Not that I actually am 10 years younger--that would be an interesting accomplishment. I do feel good though, and am looking forward to the coming year. My plan is to keep being retired, enjoy life, and walk a lot. I bought myself a bicycle for a present, and will ride that as well.
We got up early yesterday and drove down to Point Reyes for a hike in the fog. It was cold, but invigorating. It is among my favorite places in the world. We had some butternut squash soup before we headed out, and walked about 3.5 miles out, and then back.
I walk a lot these days. That's what I have been doing to feel better after such a shitty year last year. I walk 3-4 miles every morning, and about 2 miles every evening. I've done that every day since about the middle of July, except for the one day where it rained for 24 hours straight. I've shed about 45 pounds in the interval. That's been my focus for the past six months. I plan to keep doing that, and want to walk at least 1500 miles in the coming year.
Some elk in the mist. We saw these guys and some coyotes, as well as lots of birds. After we got off the trail we drove down to visit my grandfather's grave--yesterday was the anniversary of his birth back in 1884. When I was little, the family celebrated our birthdays together. I only remember one--the year I turned 8 and he turned 80. We went to a place called Sabella's, which was a great seafood restaurant. Back then, abalone was on the menu.
Sabella's is long gone, so we went to San Rafael Joes for lunch--the other place I remember eating at as a kid. After a delicious lunch we walked around the town, and gathered a bunch of bay leaves from the tree near where my other grandparents lived. Then we drove home and I finished watching the new Beatles documentary.
It was a lovely day.
I'll be turning 65 in about 40 minutes. I got my Medicare card in the mail last week. I feel great--at least 10 years younger than I did this time a year ago. Not that I actually am 10 years younger--that would be an interesting accomplishment. I do feel good though, and am looking forward to the coming year. My plan is to keep being retired, enjoy life, and walk a lot. I bought myself a bicycle for a present, and will ride that as well.
We got up early yesterday and drove down to Point Reyes for a hike in the fog. It was cold, but invigorating. It is among my favorite places in the world. We had some butternut squash soup before we headed out, and walked about 3.5 miles out, and then back.
I walk a lot these days. That's what I have been doing to feel better after such a shitty year last year. I walk 3-4 miles every morning, and about 2 miles every evening. I've done that every day since about the middle of July, except for the one day where it rained for 24 hours straight. I've shed about 45 pounds in the interval. That's been my focus for the past six months. I plan to keep doing that, and want to walk at least 1500 miles in the coming year.
Some elk in the mist. We saw these guys and some coyotes, as well as lots of birds. After we got off the trail we drove down to visit my grandfather's grave--yesterday was the anniversary of his birth back in 1884. When I was little, the family celebrated our birthdays together. I only remember one--the year I turned 8 and he turned 80. We went to a place called Sabella's, which was a great seafood restaurant. Back then, abalone was on the menu.
Sabella's is long gone, so we went to San Rafael Joes for lunch--the other place I remember eating at as a kid. After a delicious lunch we walked around the town, and gathered a bunch of bay leaves from the tree near where my other grandparents lived. Then we drove home and I finished watching the new Beatles documentary.
It was a lovely day.
