Late
February I turned 65 and I reckon that is like a Senior's 21st Birthday
and so pretty darn great to get there. The day started out normal
enough with Darcy (The Dapper Dog) and Jackie (The Princess Dog)
greeting me - Jackie immediately jumps off the bed as soon as she hears
the alarm, she is not a "meeter and greeter" type dog, having come from
the Griffith, NSW Pound at about 9 mths of age and quite timid and
anti-social to people and other dogs. She is a Jack Russel X something.
I have had her 8 months.
Now
Darcy is a different kettle of fish. I got him 2 weeks ago from
Moorook Shelter in the Riverlands at 7 mths of age. He is a Jack Russel
X however I think he is more of a Fox Terrier X and he has joie de la vie
in every waking moment. His idea of "good morning Mummy" is to plant
kisses which I try to avoid by hiding under the sheets.
It
is then a quick dash to the back door as Darcy is still learning to be
an indoor dog and he needs to do a morning whiz very soon after waking.
A
lovely phone call from a Sister in Hervey Bay and a good chat catching
up on bits of news with each other. I opened a card received the day
before from my Husband and had my morning coffee and checked emails and
Facebook. Lot's of Happy Birthday greetings and a lovely post from
younger son Matthew and one also from his gorgeous wife, Aida. Matt
said he would phone me during his smoko and when he did, he advised he
and Aida would call up about 6 or so after Aida got home from work, pick
up some Chinese food and head here. I then went to check the letterbox
and 3 cards - 2 from my other sisters and 1 from my friend since school
days. Later my Little Aida phoned - I thought that was so lovely as
they are so busy with work and still remembered Mum.
I
had to visit the Doctor today as I have been having dizzy spells for
the past couple of weeks. It seems so hard to see the doctor now having
to make appointment about 7 days in advance. It turns out I have
Vertigo! Fancy that... I always thought Vertigo was a fear of heights
and have since read up on it more and see it is quite common. Doc was
pleased with my blood pressure reading as it came out spot on and I can
only figure this was because on 2 January I quit smoking and have stuck
with it. Seeing as sometimes my blood pressure reading could be 180/120
I was pretty chuffed finally I had it under control.
I
had a couple of small strokes in 2004 and I had quit a few times but
somehow thought "oh, just one won't hurt". But it does and this time it
is forever.
Next
appointment for the day was to the Hairdresser and a cut. To fill in a
bit of time I went into Spotlight as I had a Birthday voucher and with a
sale on planned to buy some new fitted sheets. Got an absolute bargain
with 2 fitted sheets (why does the fitted sheet get more worn than the
top sheet?) and also picked up 3 metres of fabric that was on sale.
Haircut and then home.
A
missed call from elder son whilst I was out was on the answer machine
and I was pleased to hear from him. Surprised no end later in the
afternoon when my ex daughter in law phoned to say Olivia wished to say
Happy Birthday to me. Olivia is my 6 1/2 yr old Grand Daughter from my
elder son, John's first marriage. She is the delight of my life and I
was thrilled to hear from her and very surprised her Mother made the
phone call. My friend Kay also phoned and we had a good chat and we
shall go out to dinner Thursday night.
Matt
and Aida arrived with the Chinese dinner and also a fantastic chocolate
cake from The Cheese Cake shop. We ended up eating in front of the
telly as the kids have been following My Kitchen Rules (a reality TV
show) and they had to fight off Darcy who wanted to sit on their laps
along with their dinner plates.
All
in all I had a great 65th Birthday as I had been dreading it somewhat.
Not dreading turning 65 as I consider every Birthday a great milestone.
Just that I reckon 65 is a real milestone (retirement age,
health issues) and that for this epic day I would be alone. But I
wasn't alone. I am surrounded by family and my friends and I have to
remind myself of that when I have feelings of "poor me".
Yes, I am truly blessed and thank you God for giving me a great day.
