Life Past 30

It must be the constant rain we have been having here, but I am feeling all of my 32 years today.  Some may say that is not a long time, but tell that to my knees.  It has been raining here since last night and has not let up.  Since this morning, my knees have been swollen, I have been in a slight fog, and the only thing on my mind is the weekend.  Even Osteo Bi-Flex could not fully tackle the pain today.  It must be the weather because I was feeling great yesterday and had lots of energy.

Over the years, I always heard people talk about how one’s body starts to reveal everything that has been done to it as you grow older.  I used think they were loopy or just making things up.  Boy, was I wrong!  I am now fully convinced they were telling the truth as I have spoken with many other people since then who have told me the same thing.

On days like today, it is as if my body reminds me of the crazy stunts I pulled when I was in school and the military.  One of those stunts was when I jumped out of my second story window at the barracks in Okinawa to escape “field day”, a weekly cleaning of the common areas and private rooms of the barracks.  I usually got stuck with stripping and buffing the floors because I made a mistake of doing a good job the first time.  The window was the only way escape since the building was on an unofficial lock down until the cleaning was done.  I can only imagine the damage that jump did to my joints.

Aside from everything written above, I believe some of the pain I have been feeling today can be attributed to my body healing from the stress of running the marathon.  Every now and then when I reach to pick something up from the floor, I feel a slight tinge of pain in my back, but some gentle stretching takes care of that.  I have a date with my pillow and will be turning in soon.  Hopefully the rain will be gone tomorrow so I can feel better.

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