Memory Woes

Man, I'm getting old. Just had a birthday. Getting closer to that 40 milestone. Not very long now. One of the girls I play softball with thought I was 10 years younger, so that's a plus. I guess she ignored the fact that the skin around my legs just isn't all that firm (and neither are my breasts, for that matter). Still, it made me feel better, right before my birthday.

However, I am getting older. My memory has gone to crap. Not sure if it's due to the perimenopause thing or not. I just can't remember the things that I used to remember, and should remember. It's getting more and more frustrating. Due to those memory gaps, I keep making an ass of myself. I keep confusing the names of music artists, which is doubly embarrassing, as I keep doing it in front of music people. They just look at me like I grew a second head. I always end up feeling like such a dumb ass.

I guess I just need to accept the fact that I'm getting old. It's starting to become an issue at work, though. I need to get into the habit of making to-do lists, or notes, or something, for myself at the office. I don't recall conversations from the day before. If I weren't younger than 40, I'd wonder if Alzheimers is starting to set in.

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In other news, I've slid *twice* now for softball. I was so proud of myself for actually getting my ass on the ground. I was proud until I got into the shower. Then I just wanted to curse, as it burned like a mother. Two days later, I wasn't so proud anymore, as bewildered and frustrated, since my scrapes decided to become infected. I'm now on Keflex. I guess it could be a staph infection, but they didn't culture it. All I know is that it becomes really painful when I stand on that leg after being off of it for a while, and becomes moderately painful if I stand on that leg for any length of time. It's perfectly fine when I keep it propped up on pillows. Wonder how long that's going to last....

Fortunately, I don't have another softball game for 11 days from now, so hopefully it will heal enough to not bother me. I'll be off of antibiotics by then. I plan on wearing a guard and socks over the damage. I gotta protect it somehow. I promise, though, that if it gets nasty gross looking, I'll post pictures. :)