What I am grateful for

I am grateful for a great many things and in this pre-senile stage there are many more to celebrate.  Physically I am thankful that I am not incontinent and my farts whilst being loud do not stink.  I am also grateful that I still have my own teeth and can still eat apples and steak.

It is great to remember the plot of programme from either the night before or even half an hour after I have watched it.  Really the only way I know what day it is is to try and remember what I watched the night before. Of course if I cannot remember what I did watch then I am lost.

It pleases me when I remember not to say a muggachino and a serve of scones at Donut King that is a huge plus.  I usually ask for a serve of scones.  They know me now and just write my order down before I even have to ask.  Actually if I always go to the same coffee shops they tend to remember me after a while so pre-senility is not such a problem. It is wonderful when I can still work out my money so I don't make a complete idiot of myself getting young shop assistants to do it for me. 

I am also grateful that people get up and give me a seat on the train or bus.  I also think it is wonderful when I am able to scare other drivers when they see an aged person with white hair driving toward them.  Of course this could be that I have mistaken the lane I am supposed to be driving in.  I do jest!!!!!! 

I love that I can wear unfashionable shoes and no-one cares.  I don't have to bare my mid-riff, show my bra straps and slop around in pants that need taking up.  I can run a comb through my hair and don't have to sport dread locks.  I don't need to get tattoos or go through the pain of getting them.  I am pleased that I only got my ears pierced once.

I am happy to be able to do things when I want to.  I can have my hobbies.  I can not cook tea if I want or I can eat my dessert before my main course.  I can eat a sandwich any old time of the day.  I can have cereal for any meal I like.  I can have porridge with granulated sugar and a large dash of cream.  I am very very glad that I can do exactly as I want.  I love being pre-senile and by the time I am post-senile I won't remember anyway.  Above all I am glad that I share my life with my daughter, my dog and cat and all of my friends.