[pirilin]

12/08/2022

My dearest,
In a day like today, the great prophet Carlos was born in Havana, Cuba.
73 years ago. My maladies don't let me forget. But no complaints.
It won't help.
I've have abused my body to the Real limit. And I'm still with us.
The mind is a different matter.
I'm remembering all the song of my infancy and youth.
But Not what I had for lunch yesterday.

Funny how you stop caring about the little things.
Like, for instance, being driving and forgetting in what street you're in.
Or needing glasses since everything is blurry. (20-20 vision until I wore gasses.)
Not understanding the last word of a sentence. The most important.
I answer whatever sounds the same and laughs at my replies. Funny, isn't it?.

Living on Aleve, Tylenol , CBD, Arnica and Voltaren. Daily. Several times a day.
It's not that bad. The pain goes away. For a while. Wash, rinse and repeat.
Thanking God for feeling pain in my right knee, right wrist and left shoulder.
The leg cramps I control now. I pull my feet toward me and they go away.
It could be worse. Or worser, like my grandkids say.

Sex ain't great either. But you do what you can with what you have.
Maybe I had too much of a great thing. That's why I miss the old days so much

I'm beating the odds. By six long years. I should be dead by now.
According to the statistics, a comorbidity (emphysema) and Bipolar????.
Straight to the oven at 67. Don't believe the hype. I'm still typing.
Long thread. Long life.
I had accomplishments and failures. A shame I never finished anything.
I hope I don't end up living under a bridge. But I'll never be a millionaire.
I know. Money is in my way. Bothers me. I have to spend it. Fast.
In Texas, they say money ain't nothing 'till you spend it. Very true.

My Bipolar condition is money dependent. If I can spend, I'm very happy.
If I can't, the depression is terrible. My Mother, (GRHS) noticed many years ago.
She did what she could to keep me happy. I miss her. And not for the money.

Ah, I still have to talk about my wife. 33 years of uninterrupted happiness.
Yeah, right. If you believe that, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
We fight every single day.
Hard to domesticate that woman. I'm still trying. Then we kiss and makeup.

If you're still with me, Happy Holidays to you!!!. If not, I understand.

Love to all.
Carlos.

[Skeezyks]

Thanks for posting this. Gettin' old ain't for wimps, as the saying goes.

[~Christina]

Dude !!! Where the hell have you been ?!!

Great seeing you

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[*Beth*]

It is absolutely divine to see you. I wish you the brightest of blessings on your birthday, Carlos aka pirilin.

Maybe I had too much of a great thing. That's why I miss the old days so much.
Soon, I'm going to turn sixty. I know, I know...but I feel old and a bit scared. Okay - a lot scared. Your beautiful sentence made me cry.

Please bring us yourself more often, my friend.