The Super Worm Equinox Moon.....

Soooo....Today is the first day of Spring!  It is also a Full Moon, and evidently it has something to do with worms...

It happens occasionally when the moon is full on the day of the spring Equinox. Today the daylight and darkness are the same length.  (Simplified, I guess that means 12 and 12).  

I love breaking out the telescope and doing moon viewing when there are super moons.  The last event was the blood moon a few months back. Pretty cool.  So, I hope everyone enjoys the Super Worm Equinox Moon. I won't be watching, because, yes, its cloudy and going to rain tonight.  I know this big ol' moon will still be there in its full glory. Hiding.

It's called a worm moon because it's the first full moon of March, and because the ground is thawing, the worms start to come out of hibernation.  I don't know...They could have had a better name like the new flower bud moon, or the thank God winter is over because I am so over shoveling snow moon.  Maybe the we have to turn the clocks ahead and loose and hour of sleep which I think is stupid moon. How about the "It's Spring and I am super randy" moon. The weather is warming up and road construction season is starting moon. or "You think a regular full moon brings out the crazies, just wait til tonight" moon.

I am sure you get the point and can come up with a great name of your own. 

In the meantime, go out and enjoy the Super Worm Equinox Moon. 

Happy Birthday....... to me

 So today I was sharing my yellow shirt blog (August 2017) with a coworker and she said to me "Why don’t you do more blogs?"  So here I am once again thinking about what to write about.

The obvious thing would be my 60th birthday coming up on March 25. Never thought I’d get this far, but since I’m here, when people ask how old I’m going to be my response it’s just,  “A little bit older than I was yesterday”. 

 Birthdays are a funny thing... they come along once a year and they mark the date of your birth, but time really doesn’t really care if it’s your birthday or not. I tell people I’m going to be 60 and they look at me and say "oh my God you don’t any older than being in your late 40s." I find that is complementary because I try to take care of myself, and I don’t want to look or act my age. If one were to really think about it  when you hit 60 you’re really not much older than you were when you were 59 yet we’re starting a brand new decade and psychologically that can be a bit daunting.

 I’m proud to say that I’m only on one regular medication at 60, and that’s for a blood sugar issue. Between diet and exercise and this light medication I think this shouldn’t  be a Big deal. I do feel much better and have a lot more energy since I’ve watched my diet in the last couple of weeks.. as a matter fact my wife and I took a nice long hike in the high desert around Las Vegas last weekend it was great. So I guess I’m as young as I feel right now I feel like I’m probably in my mid 40s. I look in the mirror And the guy looking back at me doesn’t look at all like the 60-year-olds I remember when I was in my 20s. I guess everything is relative and I do see that the passage of time seems to go faster, as people say it does when you get older.  I never really understood that concept because time doesn’t pass any faster now than it did when I was 18. Maybe it’s because when you’re older,  One tends to use their time more wisely, therefore you have less wasted time and the time you do use seems to go faster because when you’re doing something you never have enough time to get it done. When you’re sitting around, time seems to go by in a crawl.

I hear a lot that 60 is the new 40. Actually 60 is 60 and 40 is 40.  Even in  good health I enjoy now, I know there are things that I won’t do now that I could easily do when I was 40 years old. I won’t go into a long list but those of you were in your late 50s or early 60s know exactly what I’m talking about. And… It’s OK. I don’t have to be at 40-year-old.  I can be proud of where I am and know that people look at me and don’t think I’m a broken down old man.

In my job I see a lot of people who are younger than me with one foot in the grave, and it is really sad because they have that “ I’m old”  state of mind.  This is not really a healthy thing because you can talk yourself into being old at any time in your life. I’ve run into 40-year-olds who think life ends at 40,  and it’s very sad. But all you have to do is just look in the mirror every day,  and thank your higher power that you woke up on the proper side of the lawn this morning, and then get on with your day... embrace it, love it and enjoy life instead of thinking about the fact that you might be a day older today than you were yesterday. People ask me...”you’re going to be 60 ...are you having a big huge celebration? ...what are you doing? It’s a big birthday ....yada yada yada”...I just tell them every day is a celebration for me and every day is a Birthday I’m 21,900 days old!  I think all in all I’m doing pretty damned well. Embrace today like there’s no tomorrow. And take each day like it is a gift. Take care your health because it’s stupid not to. And if you don’t take care yourself, then you have no place to bitch about feeling like you’re 1000 years old. I’m looking forward to my birthday although I’m a little sad that I can’t eat the cake. But I’ll let others enjoy that for me.