So, we made it, I guess. Jeni is 81 and in two months I hit the eighty mark. We have been married for 47 years and have known each other longer than that. We are both still pretty sharp, have hobbies,and enjoy our retired lives. But, it’s not the same anymore… we got old. What a surprise. Yes, it was.
We moved from Indiana to Florida in 2007 and used an RV campground as a home base and traveled in a 5th wheel, especially around Florida. But in 2011 Jeni began to have health and physical (mobility) issues and we sold the RV and bought a small 3 bedroom house in Silver Springs Shores near Ocala, Florida. This is in a great location, half-way between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. It is in a perfect location for day trips. And the 3 bedrooms were a great idea, we each got one for our own hobby room.
Then things happened. First, Jeni fell and broke her knee, then she fell and broke her hip and had a replacement. Then the pandemic hit. For four years or so, for many reasons, we just stayed at home. After we could get back out, Jeni still just wanted to stay home and not go out at all. She says it’s “too peoplely” out there. And, that is where we are now.
Which brings me to our lives now and what are we doing. Well, hobbies are a part of it. Jeni thinks about doing counted cross stitch projects and miniature things again, like scenes and doll houses. I have amateur (ham) radio and a Cricut machine. We just keep going along and we are as happy as we can be for being in our 80’s. We’ve just never been old before and we are trying to figure it out, but slowly.
Anyway, I’ll post what Jeni produces on her part of the website, I will do the same for my stuff.
Later…