WooHoo....what a Ride!!!!

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand - strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOOHOO - What a Ride!"
-- Attributed to an octogenarian named Mavis Leyrer, of Seattle

WELL

HERE COMES FRIDAY..

AND

i HAVE BEEN READY FOR IT..
EVER SINCE MONDAY MORNING...

WORK WEEK HAS BEEN FRANTIC,

AFTERNOON AND MORNING WORKOUTS HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTING,

Feelin' like I'm starting to look kind of wilted

like the flower in the picture....

aging..

well it can do things to a body--even a sexy hot body like mine---

our energy levels..may not be what they were when we were fifteen...

and

our days seem to get more chaotic...

today

one of my girls told me not to be dancin'...

said I didn't have any rhythm...

off-color daughter and friend NORMAN

teased me about not even being able to clap and snap on beat....

but

what I've decided is this...

i used to worry about what everyone thought..

but hell

I've decided to live...

i dance when and where I want,

i sing off key

and

make-up words to songs because i can never hear what they are singing...

I laugh and joke and then laugh and joke some more....

life is short...

and

even in my tired Thursday evening kind of days..

I am grateful

to finally be comfortable in my skin...

finally shedding the need to wear a mask..

and
thankful

am learning to be...

so

when I slide into the grave

looking haggard and worn and

all wrinkled from my smile lines...

well

spread me out a platter of chocolate and

pour me a cup of rich dark coffee mixed with cream and hazelnut creamer...

put

a

dollop of whipped topping cause...in the the grave no need to worry about calories....

and
then listen to my celebratory

 scream...

WooHoo!!!

I lived.

may it happen for all of you as well..

happy Thursday..

Friday is coming...