Finally realized I'm getting old and its just "there"

[sammytko]

I turned 50 a couple of months ago. I do not feel any different at all. Maybe a little heavier and slower.

Anyway today I was skipping around the commissary doing my monthly shopping and I saw a group of elderly people. Three of them. Two men and 1 woman. The woman was in a riding cart.

She was kind of big. She was thumbing through a small binder calling out coupon brands. They were looking for the best deal.

I stared and had this thought, that I don't want to be there like that. In a rolling chair with my coupons. It scared me.

I vowed not to look at prices of food. Why only food, who knows. I never went hungry growing up. I'm always looking for bargains on clothes. Favorite place is Ross Dress for Less.

It just stayed with me all day.