I believe you need a good talking to!!!

Here I am, right back where I started! current stats: single (widowed and living in Oregon), aging...next birthday I will be 84 years old, health is passable, and it is fall-rainy, chilly. The people I need are very busy. Andy and Amanda are both in Abu Dhabi, Susan and Doug are here in Hillsboro (both working), and Larry and Kim (running a business and working) are close by in Cornelius. 

This is the time of year when we would typically return to Arizona, but I don't miss going there at all. The decision to move back to Oregon permanently was the right one. I feel content and happy. For anyone who has done that thing, it is simply normal.

When I was much younger, I noticed that old people would turn on the light outside, turn down the bed, and even put on their jammies at around 7 in the evening. The top of their fridge held liquor bottles and pills. (Yes, I did love to drive by park models in Arizona after it was dark. Sorry!) In fact, when we were in Green Valley in the winter, the village would simply go dark. 

In Tucson, we lived in an RV resort on the east side of the city. Unlike Green Valley, the people were more active and seemed younger. I often wondered how it was that they didn't seem to age. In the end, I attributed their life to constant companionship and social life that never stopped. We truly loved it and the people who lived around us.

As time passed, people like me who had moved away returned home. Being near home and family, even when the snow is drifting and rain is falling, is comfortable. At the age that feels right for each individual, that is what we do.

And all that expertise we gathered on being a "snowbird" is no longer needed.

For me at least, the only problem remaining is my need to talk. I know stuff and for some reason need to share it with anyone who will stand still. The idea of buying "mouth tape" seems like a very good idea. 

If you are reading this and you are one of those people who has been trapped by me because I believe you need a good talking to, I apologise.

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