Where's My Backup

I was walking across campus today to carry our files to a different office and pick up the mail and the bell tower started to chime at noon.  I was expecting the normal hourly chimes, but it chimed the song, "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music.  That was so fun!

There's been so much turnover in my office over the last year and throughout the summer that now I am the second oldest person in the office....I just realized that the other day when someone made a joke about middle-aged women...(first I chuckled...and then I thought, "WAIT!") I opened my mouth for my rebuttal to defend all my people while looking around the room for backup :)  

WHERE'S MY BACKUP?

I'm feeling a tiny bit seasoned :)

Maalox and nose drops and needles for knitting,

Walkers and handrails and new dental fittings,

Bundles of magazines tied up in string,

These area few of my favorite things...

Cadillacs and cataracts and hearing aids and glasses,

Polident and Fixodent and false teeth in glasses,

Pacemakers, golf carts and porches with swings,

There are a few of my favorite things.

When the pipes leak,

When the bones creak, 

When the knees go bad

I simply remember my favorite things,

And then I don't feel so bad.

Hot tea and crumpets, and corn pads for bunions,

No spicy hot food or food cooked with onions,

Bathrobes and heat pads and hot meals they bring,

These are a few of my favorite things.

Back pains, confused brains, and no fear of sinnin',

Thin bones and fracture and hair that is thinnin',

And we won't mention our short shrunken frames,

When we remember our favorite things.

When the joints ache,

When the hips break,

When the eyes grow dim,

Then I remember the great life I've had, 

And then I don't feel so bad.

(I like those lyrics....Julie Andrews sang that for her 69th birthday in 2007)

We shouldn't let getting older get us down, ya know....it's too hard to GET BACK UP :)