Getting a bit older does have it's downsides and one of them is the fact that things get a bit stiffer and although I'm shrinking, the floor seems to be a bit further away if I drop anything!
Well, I have decided to halt all this silly business and address the problems. I certainly cannot think of anything worse than not being able to get my feet up high enough to be able to give myself a pedicure and polish my toenails when the summer comes and I want to wear sandals. Perhaps this seems a bit decadent for someone of my age but I don't like feet, especially naked ones in sandals on me, so I like to wear a pretty shade of pearly pink on my toenails so they look like little shells on the end of my toes! (And before you say it, false ones are definitely OUT!).
So, I hear you ask, how is an arthriticky overgrown teenager going to address the stiffness issues especially as we aren't born with oil holes in every joint.
Simple, I'm going to start some bendng and stretching exercises which I can do in the privacy of my front room and in a very small space. The trouble is that if I let things get too stiff I won't be able to do the gardening and the arthritis will eventually take over, so in order to hang on to some degree of flexibility I have decided to make a start.
If you find yourself walking past my front window please don't stop and stare, or worse still, start laughing!
Hi Grandma!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you have the right idea. I need to do some stretching myself. Getting older sure isn't the picnic I thought it was gonna be. By the time you retire, you don't feel like doing anything!