Movie Madness

January 14, 2014

Sitting all the way across the room from the television to watch a movie is worrisome. If I am eating anything, especially a snack that has a crunch to it, I cannot hear a darned thing, miss poignant responses, hilarious comments, get lost in the plot easily, and completely irritate my friends and cats when I ask too many questions about what is transpiring in the film. Annoyed doesn’t convey how I feel about the shift in my hearing.

The same must be said for my memory. I had a nagging suspicion on Sunday afternoon that I was forgetting something important. At 5:00pm, a client called to discuss the problems she is having with a business issue, and that seemed to have solved the mystery of what I was missing. Then at 6:22, Taelor phoned to ask me if I was still planning on picking her up from work. Ahem, what were our plans again? I could not recall from our discussion, days prior to this moment, what I committed to doing. I was already 22 minutes late but assured her I was on my way to collect her. Felt relieved that I didn’t forget where I was going, once I approached the stop light at Lexington. Cripes. If I don’t write down an event in my calendar and copy into my ipod, I am at a loss. Need to start eating whale, bones from shark, kelp, slugs or some such exotic animals and plants to override this nagging suspicion that I am getting older and cannot reverse the trend. 

If I fail to reply to an email, voice message, letter, or telepathic communication, do not take it personally. I am simply working from lower levels of spark in my brain. Perhaps a knitting class is in order, I should sign up to be on “Jeopardy,” do the crossword puzzle in the daily paper, take an IT course, scuba dive, run 5K’s, start belly dancing, invent something, or teach a class. Since I am already happy, none of them are requirements to “make me” giddy, they would simply be an added bonus to living longer (for sure) and healthier. I could also accept the metamorphosis of aging and not care whether I can hear nor recall anything, if I am distracted by other activities. Like watching movies.