#old lady problems

[brokeneye9]

I’ve reached the level of stress that has me considering chopping off all my hair. I miss short hair and yet I have this challenge as a middle aged white lady; there is a fine line between pixie/bangs/short hair and the Karen. Which means I’ll just have to level up the wardrobe to match right? More ties, more docs, more ghost tshirts, more weird Etsy jewelry? Right? It’s required!

[12sqft]

I took a sick day to get a Wellness Check. Nothing like titty smashing to start the weekend right.

I’ve been going to the same Military clinic for 18 years. The active duty change, but the building is frozen in time. I planned for the last minute availability for multiple screenings and labs, but these kids were weird about showing up 30 minutes early to check-in. It’s pretty standard with military health to hurry up and wait. Historically understaffed, there were half a dozen admin my kids age so confident in their naivety. I chuckled and knitted. They probably see me as a frail senior citizen, I thought.

Mammography was so new she was still rattling her rehearsed routine. Anatomy is tricky, but practiced hands can make a big difference in the experience. 😫

I was happy to help them close out early as the last client, but it left me another 30 minutes before checking in with Primary. I was looking at my watch, gauging the room for comfortable chairs with wait time when a little voice calls out “ma’am! You seem confused”.

This dwarf of a child meant well. Probably all of 20. I answered that I was making a decision, which, for this lifestyle isn’t a familiar look. It’s not shade; the only people who make decisions for these kids are still young enough to be my children. I felt irrational rage to have lived long enough to raise policy makers in this clinic and never once was credited for being responsible for my own decisions. It’s not them. It’s the system.

And I probably am a senior citizen to them. The youngest of the olds.

So why are these little boys hard eyeballing my braless sway and shorts? It’s a confusing day.

[crowwolf]

I want to read fic in my inbox but it's sleep time and if I start reading, I'll be awake too long and may forget what I read (thank you zoplicone). This is an old lady problem...

[gladlypants]

I've been going to bed/getting up much earlier the past week or two. In a way I feel more like a responsible adult, but then also I am annoyed that I am nodding off at 9:30pm (and my sheets are still in the dryer.) I have games to play!!!

[tiny-cloud-dragon]

Where's the art???

I haven't been posting much art lately. I have several ideas, but I haven't been able to work on them. I've been having trouble with my vision (nothing major or serious, just annoying). I finally got insurance through work that includes vision, so I had to wait until it kicked in. I went yesterday and got the exam done. I'm slightly farsighted, a little worse in my left eye, and I also need readers. I'm just going to go with bifocals so I don't have to deal with separate readers, or th awful progressives "diffuse zone". I'm gonna go put my prescription in next weekend, then walk around holding everything out at arms length for another 1-2 weeks until my glasses come in.

[forcearama]

Keysmash tags are so funny to me because, as an Old, every once in a while when someone uses one that isn’t your standard “akshakssjkdhajksdjasn”-esque sort of thing (that’s heavy on the a’s, s’s j’s and k’s), I’m legit not sure if they’re just writing gibberish or if they’re using an insanely long acronym that I am too Uncool and Elderly to understand, especially if they type it in all caps 😂

[randombrowngirl]

Actually had plans on Friday night

[myblackmare]

Lily had a little old lady accident this morning. She was tacked up and ready to go, having a small power nap and she fell over.

She got up quickly and didn’t hurt herself but it was a bit scary.