wihtlft: as i get older ...

from aarp.org

well @jenimvt @billn6 ... as i continue recuperating, here is #2 of the series(?) after yesterday's post. and the dots i connected this afternoon - aging, early bird specials, generations, and ...

when i chatted with my mail man this afternoon, i realized i am going to continue getting mail (paper and electronic) - mail you all won't get for several years (unless you become a member). yup! with the half-decade mark in sight next year, i am eligible for ... wait for it ... membership with AARP. and i must say - COOL features and info on their website!

older workforce ... a little side bar - i learned that the fed's (as part of the age discrimination in employment act of 1967) define an older workforce member as one who is 40 years or older. (give THAT some thought)

AARP ... formerly the american association of retired persons, i have learned AARP, for people 50 years and older, has quite the potpourri of stuff - lots of stuff. feel free to peruse AARP; for now, here's my quick tour for you -

• membership is reasonable at $16/year (or less) - and by the way, ya don't have to be 50 years old to join!
• a big event of life@50+ in new orleans later this year in september
• deals, deals, deals! discounts galore at brick & mortar and on-line vendors
• health tools 'cuz i can't get enough of searching symptoms (spill-over from yesterday), and brain tools 'cuz can't get enough of keeping the brain active
• food stuff with recipes, health eats, and tips like the 10 superfoods
• vermont special deals even exist
• a cool photo gallery of what 50 looks like
• technology tips including protecting my digital life
• and even a free on-line expressive drawing course

my peeps and my generation ...  well, i can only imagine the discussions my friends and i will have as we - the mish-mash of late baby boomers, gen x, millennial interests - will be discussing. we already talk about our creaking joints, being asleep before 11 pm (heck, before 10 pm), new-found knowledge about a fiber-rich food, and reunions. though we are not quite spring chickens, we have our spirit - and soon, maybe we'll compare our drawings from the AARP expressive drawing course.

infographic me ... may as well have some sort of template for this "series", so here's an infographic - generation related. hmmm ... looks like some adult millennials may not be getting enough sleep. 

Created by: MBA Online

wihtlft: as i get older ...

thanks @jenimvt @billn6 for yesterday's (saturday's) messages. though i wish we were next door neighbors, the 3-hour time difference and text messaging was awesome! and as a result, i'll start my short series of posts about what i have to look forward to ... based on whatever random thoughts collide and connect as i spend time on the web, e.g., emails, facebook, twitter, blogs, tumblr, ... inspired by our text messages and/or chats!

(NOTE: if you choose to read on, this post has references 

to scatology and "the change" ... just sayin')

 

what i have to look forward to ... as i get older,  inspired by this morning's web troll -

• new facebook improv friend just had a prime number birthday (29)
• read blog post dear GOP: you do know how pregnancy works, right?
• contemplated pro-choice, pro-life, and just being a human being
• listened to my joints creak while i finished up stretches via my pep pads
• revisited my tiny habits for a refresher
• trolled through twitter and came across corporate rebels united (and their scoop.it)
• revisited my google reader for some minor differences at the oatmeal and came across being in love at ...
• and then started to clean out old email newsletters when i came across women to women (yup, really!)

result? ... choices and aging. i started thinking about what choices i have as i get older - i can choose ...

• to eat better, 
• to exercise regularly, 
• to decide how much social media to digest, 
• whom to date,
• when (and whether) i read my unread emails

... BUT i can NOT choose what perimenopausal / menopausal symptoms i have as i stroll into toward 50 years old next year. i fell down the interwebs menopausal rabbit-hole, curious about what choices i do NOT have. read on or don't read on, this is what i learned ...

• many(!) symptoms ... web site with 34 menopause symptoms including
  • beyond hot flashes, there are ember flashes
  • as part of digestive problems, i could get bloating and constipation
• what?! there is a website called poop doc, which includes a menopause blurb
• and when i think doctor, i think dr. oz (of course), and we ALL know dr. oz TOTALLY has poop info and episodes (just word search) and even a video clip on poop primer (shape, consistency, color)
• and to bring it back around, here's what dr. oz has to offer about a functional medicine approach to menopause and his menopause survival guide
• one more other doctor, christiane northrup of women's bodies, women's wisdom on the perimenopause transition 
• and yet another symptom - sleep disorders (ugh!)

. birthday . pro-choice . healthy habits . gathering information .  

. fiber . being a woman . menopause . symptoms . 

. hot flashes . poop . menopause . insomnia .

infographic me ... i looked for any infographics on my connecting the dots*. menopause? none. poop? yes, the facts about poop. sleep? yes, the secret to better sleep.


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News & Tips at Greatist. * CONTEXT: because thoughts are like dots ... i like to connect them. sometimes the dots/thoughts relate (in the conventional sense), sometimes they don't (simply because others may not see the relationship), and always they make sense, at least to me, at the time i connect the thoughts.

arroz caldo means ...

i'm sick. and chicken arroz caldo  is the go-to comfort food. just as mentioned yesterday (over here) -

"not-so-good news ... i felt IT coming on, so i'm making use of acetaminophen (aka tylenol), tissue (aka kleenex), sleep, tea, water, and comfort food. missing christmas mass and social/fun at my ninang's place (aka LOTS o' food and love!)."

now i'm also buddies with guaifenisen, chicken bouillon, hot lemonade, and even more water and more sleep. ... yup - now back to sleep.

thanks, mommy, for the arroz caldo.

:-)

merry christmas (to me)

visit OVER HERE

yup, today i'm santa ... that whole self-gifting thing? i'm in! (it's also known as treating myself.) my gift of choice?

LAUGHTER.

it started this past monday with louis c.k. (over here) and it's continuing through january and february at sf's sketchfest.
 
not-so-good news ... i felt IT coming on, so i'm making use of acetaminophen (aka tylenol), tissue (aka kleenex), sleep, tea, water, and comfort food. missing christmas mass and social/fun at my ninang's place (aka LOTS o' food and love!).

good news ... celebrated christmas with family yesterday - christmas eve lunch, dinner, karaoke, and watching the more skillful niece + nephew on xbox.

couch-potato news ... now it's time to distribute my mini new-found wealth before getting ready to pay for taxes (yes, i'm also practical). although a little late on the take and missing out on already sold-out shows, SO FAR, i have laughter-gifted as follows -

• to gadgetman (and i'm totally available to be your guest! HA!) - on saturday, jan 28, at the regency ballroom - chris hardwick's nerdist podcast live
• moi - on saturday, feb 4, at marines memorial theater - celebrity autobiography: the next chapter (which has jesse tyler ferguson scheduled)
• moi - on thurs, jan 26, at cobb's comedy club - the whitest kids u know 

... and still contemplating other laughter moments! meanwhile, gonna listen to the nerdist podcast with david tennant over here ('cuz we likes us some david tennant over here) while i couch-potato some more.

merry christmas

ho ho ho

f|break: monday morn geek stuff

a cubeopolis offering ... last week, l.a.g. (aka ha gow), one of my fave cubesters, offered up a fun fiber break that combines math and pageant chicas!

enjoy this fiber break with pageant queens (over here)
for ~2:15 minutes

as a thank you, i offer ha gow the poetic table of elements (over here or click on image below, from everypoet.com)

and the elements song (over here or click on image below)

enjoy!