Life Update

 Madison, Alabama

7/29/25

Not much going on folks. Just waiting on a doctor appointment in a couple of weeks. Then another in a couple of weeks after that. Maybe some more info after they get through with exams. Got through some birthdays recently so my son and both grands are now one year older. The great news is both grands did so well with their performances in the stage performances they are being considered for an acting school to increase their already great abilities.

And that is all for late excitement. Have fun.

NEW LIFE PLANS

 MADISON, ALABAMA

7,26,25

The OFM did some careful looking at his future lifestyle with things going as they are. It is bright but definitely not like we had planned for the next decade. Our life expectancy is about ten more years. We will be 79 in a couple of weeks.  But the health situation is expected to keep me in some sort of assisted living until I KICK THE BUCKET during my late eighties. So what does that mean?  Time is short and I better hurry up with living.  We can expect to be in assisted living for the full time of this 9-10 years due to not being allowed to have a drivers license again. OK now We know the game ahead of us now. At this time I am in the process of being tested by two different doctors to see what a decent guess about my life forward will likely be like. The good news is I likely will be in good enough health to still do traveling if I do not have to drive.

It is nice to get some decently accurate information so I can get a good idea of what to expect and act on the information. Is it what I hope for Absolutely Not. But it is workable and look out America is soon going to have a other old fart running the roads even if he is required to be a passenger only. More on this story as it develops. 

NEW STAGE PLAY TODAY

MADISON, ALABAMA

7/25/25

  Today we attended a stage play involving both the OFM's grand kids. The pay was BOB SQUARE PANTS or something like that. My hearing did not let me catch the full name.  It was a nice play about equivalent political stupidities we have seen in the real world. The kids did an excellent job of the acting and performing. The singing and dancing was very good.  Over all it was a great joy to see.

Afterward the OFM went to a lupper (lunch supper) with a nice couple for some Mexican food that was also very good. After a long lunch they dropped me back at the assisted living where I live for a nice easy going afternoon and evening.

The play was excellent all around and the OFM enjoyed the heck out of it.  Afterward the OFM has been just being a first class bum laying around th room.zzzzzzz

Mental Events AND HAPPINESS

MADISON, ALABAMA

7/24/25

Yesterday was interesting to say the least. Getting mail set up to come to this Assisted Living Facility was finally totally accomplished.  It is not difficult if all all of your brain works, but when your brain is visiting Alice over in wonderland it can be a challenge of the highest order. So I advise you folks beginning this old folks journey to relax and enjoy the ride. Keep your humor at the ready cause you are definitely in for a "what the hell " ride. Just relax and have fun instead of getting all upset and mad.

The great news is the physical health care here is wonderful. My body is hurrying toward the best the OFM has ever been in overall physically. Not big strong like when I was weightlifting back in college days but rather the right  amount of good muscle tone for daily life. The brain weaknesses are being defined with ways to live comfortably with those weaknesses  and still enjoy being alive to have lots of fun. When a brain fart happens, and they will happen, just relax and enjoy the comedy act you put on. If I knew being half nuts was so much fun I might have started earlier.

Please do not try to deny you are having mental decline when it happens but rather learn how to enjoy the ride and adventures safely and try to have TOOOOOOO MUCH FUN.  Bye Bye I have to get busy safely playing IN MY CURRENT WORLD.

Dementia

 MADISON, ALABAMA

7/22/25

Let us talk about dementia a bit. The OFM (soon to be 79 yo) is in the beginnings of Dementia which is not a disease to my surprise. Here is my understanding  of what is happening.  My brain gets to the point it cannot remember all the different things a person usually does recall to live a normal life. It is the term to describe the way my brain forgets lots of things it used to know and use.

It is the collection of things that no longer work right as we age. My immediate main trouble is my short term memory is practically  non existent. I am an accomplished specialist at totally forgetting what I "learned " in the last few minutes but can recall in great detail what I learned hours ago sort of.  This creates me making LOTS of notes when I am awake to attempt to remember what I "learned" yesterday. It is not a nice way to live.

To those who have been on this wild learning journey with me, my sympathy goes with you. But the better news is I am learning ways to live with this aging mess. If you are not in this mess, have heart it is still a life worth living, settle down and learn the "tricks" of the time of your life and keep on living. You cannot defeat it but it is possible to accommodate it and still live a great senior life.

As an example of accommodations I am making I now do colorings and hang them on my assisted living living quarters door to the hallway where others get to see them and have fun making jokes about them. 

The OFM thinks that his blog may get to be better soon but in a different style than in the past. A new to me life style is seemingly developing. The OFM gets nearly daily psycho help in living his new style of life and even if it is different it is still great fun. So tighten your seat belts it is looking like a new style of wild riding is coming on. YAHOOOOOOOOOOO. 

TANGLED UP ME

MADISON ALABAMA

7/21/25

HELLO  folks. It is the OFM finally. Things have been less than the best in my world lately and getting to the computer key board has not had first priority lately.  But it looks like I will be back in action in the near future. I apologize for the delay but cannot promise it will not happen again in spite of my preferences. Thank you for your patience with the Old Fat Man. The four medical folks I am working with tell me I will get better and we are doing sessions five days a week to achieve it.  See you soon I hope.

Things Are Calm

 Madison, Alabama

07/16/25

Not a lot to talk about. The facility here has about six new folks moving in in the next few days. My BP has gone back up a bit and part of my additional pill change has been held back for a couple of days. The BP is back up to a bit high but still much better than a week ago. We are thinking it is a post office screw up.

Meanwhile the facility had a free taco feed at supper time tonight.  The OfM went with the kitchen meals since I wanted them more than the taco meal. they were really excellent.

We have been doing a lot of coloring lately but we still cannot get the pics onto the internet to publish them.

It looks like some fun times in the near future with all the new folks moving into the facility. Talk to ya'll again soon.

BLOOD PRESSURE SURPRISE

MADISON, ALABAMA

07/15/2025

Howdy folks we had a nice surprise during breakfast this morning.  Maybe some of the extra pills I am taking are starting to work.  My blood pressure at the breakfast table this morning was 103/66 with pulse of 70. That is a nice change for this OFM. Is it possible we are actually making progress. We will see what tomorrow brings.

Nothing else is happening of real importance in our world. My rework of my head to cure my brain failure troubles is on schedule to start happening soon. We passed the first of the new brain repair trainings with flying colors this morning. Now the real training begins. Hopefully with good results. Good Night Everyone.

CALM DAY WITH LITTLE HAPPENING

MADISON, ALABAMA

7/13/2025

Dear friends it has been a nice day in general. I still cannot get a photo taken with my canon camera to post any more.  A nice color pencil art effort of a desert valley was completed today. But I cannot get it to post on the Internet for publishing. Such is the life of this retired bum. Otherwise things are going well but the living without a vehicle is a real pain.  Other folks without vehicles at the Assisted Living place I am at are all not contented with that arrangement either. However I still agree that at this time I would not be a great choice to be out on the public roads. My reflexes are just not good enough. Hopefulluy that will soon start to heal enough.

 In the meantime I hope to soon get to publishing pictures again real soon.  Good night.

GOOD NEWS FINALLY

MADISON ALABAMA

7/11/2025

We finally got some decent news around here for a change. The new medical professional ordered two new items to be taking after she reviewed the OFM lab reports. Tomorrow he will start getting two new vitamins with his blood pressure control pills. The measured blood pressure surprised us with his first reading below 150 in the last several years at 138.  Hopefully this is the beginning of a long run of good luck for the OFM.

We hope everyone is having some fun these days.

Good Night. 

GETTING BETTER I THINK

MADISON, ALABAMA

7/10/2025

Back on the air again. Several things have been hitting on me lately but are getting worked out. There just has not been anything special for a few days and the OFM has been kinda beat down.  But today things seem to be on the up swing.

Yesterday was a turning point on some things. The teams now have a nice lady who is helping the OFM Teams to address address some health items in his some medical issues and a couple of other legal issues. We are hoping to speed up some of the processes we are going through.

Over all we are OK. We just do not have a lot of day to day activity yet.  Hang in there folks we sure hope to increase the excitement level soon.  BYE.

NICE VISIT

 It was a nice day and a long visit from my son was a welcome change. Several events in the last few days were discussed and some small plans were made for the future. My limitations are getting a bit stronger so we have to be careful of getting to ambitious about things physically demanding. This getting old stuff takes some being careful with planning outdoor events. Thank you to the readers still reading and commenting. I think my blogging days are about over.  I will soon be 79 years old and aging is fast becoming a difficulty to be carefully handled. I know others still well active in their 80s but my body and brain is not looking like it will be one of those types. So I will do what I can with what I have and be very glad I had 21 years of the free life like I did.  Keep smiling folks because life is worth living if you stay busy and live it for all you can.

DENTIST SEARCH

 MADISON ALABAMA

7/5/25

We we need a dentist now and not being allowed to drive is really inconvenient. Online we found a highly recommended dentist a long but very walkable  distance away. 1.5 miles.  So now I need to recruit a car and driver for a dentist visit or two. We will see how this works out.

Old Style posts for awhile

 MADISON, ALABAMA

7/4/25

Looks like we will be blogging the old style for a while. No pics until the OFM figures out what is going on.

Any way it was a busy day of several nuisance things happening but supper was a YAHOEE LOUIE for sure. A nice big cheese burger with lots of fresh veges on it and excellent burger. A big wad of french fries done just right. Another wad of onion rings cooked to perfection and delicious.  Very good sweet tea and a thick slice of watermelon for desert.  There sure were a lot of big fat bellies at the dinner tables tonight.

I got in lots of nice walking today even though it got pretty hot in the afternoon. So I grabbed a mandala page from an available book in the general library and had a nice peaceful six hour coloring session. It turned out pretty nice I feel. Search mandala on the internet if you need to, I did.   

I am in a frontish row seat in my bedroom from which I get to see the local fireworks area where the locals bring their fireworks to keep us all awake and snacking too much. The OFM has gained three pounds since he moved into this place.  OINK OINK.

Good Night.