I’d like to invite all my friends here who are on facebook to read my ever-growing collection of short essays I’ve been writing. The page is:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/dreauthor/posts
I just started it this week.
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I keep my fingernails really short too, because I like them that way. I’ll clip them as short as possible, and then file them down, so no nail is above the skin. Can’t stand the thought of dirt and food particles getting in there. I usually get them done when I get a pedicure, if I can stand being in the salon that long. One time I told my favorite nail person to go really short on the fingers, and she literally clipped them down to the very quick. I was in screaming pain for about 3 days, even waking up at night, like I’d been tortured or something. Learned my lesson, so file them shorter myself now! A pedicure was the very first thing on my list to have done, after being sick earlier this year, and as soon as doc gave me the ok. Terrible timing, as the pandemic hit just then! Oh well, saving lots of money on formerly outsourced self care now.
As for the gray hair, I applaud anyone who can wear it, and I know I’ve earned every single gray I have, but it washes me out terribly. I’ll have it foiled and dyed forever.
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Quarantini recipe:
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Make your favorite drink.
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Shoo others at least six feet away while you drink it alone.
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I don’t blame you for being scared. It’s the kind of decision you have to make on your own. I will say that I stopped coloring my grey in June so I’m about halfway there. It’s something I wish I had done years ago, but I was too chicken and afraid of looking old. I actually look younger now, my hair is in the best shape it’s been in forever, and the color coming in is very cool - sort of salt and pepper. There’s tons of resources online, and one I like is https://katiegoesplatinum.com.
Don’t know how you’re going to bring this up though!
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Certainly not when we’re in the vicinity of sharp, stabby things
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And stuck inside together…
I think we’re actually doing rather well with that. But ask me again in a few weeks.
What @CurlzNJ said abut gray hair.
I started coloring my hair to cover the gray back in my mid-twenties. I let it go natural about 13 years ago. It’s more of a white and black mix (more white than black now) as opposed to a solid gray. I am lucky that I come from a long line of white haired women on both sides of the family. I use a purple shampoo to keep it bright. If I use several days in a row my hair can take on a lavender cast which I kind of like.
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I was unfortunate in that I started going gray in my 20s, and so have been coloring for 30 years. I was fortunate that I just happened to have my hair done 2 days before the shutdown and my hair doesn’t grow very quickly. Still the gray is advancing and if this goes on much longer I will contemplate just letting it go.
Funny, I’m soaking my feet right now in preparation for a self-pedicure. Turns out my hip problem is actually some serious spinal issues which has resulted in a dropped foot. So first thing Monday I have an appointment for a foot brace fitting, so I need my feet looking exam worthy (or at least my right foot 
As an aside, this in-person visit is a follow-up to a telemed; the doctor, an orthopaedist with 20+ years of experience at one of the most-respected practices in the area, had to call the state for approval to see me in person. Because of course a bureaucrat in Harrisburg knows better than the MD who is talking to me while viewing my MRI images 
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I guess one of the only good things about having the hair line of 1987 Rudy Guiliani is haircuts aren’t as important. (Though I did already give myself a hair cut)
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I guess that’s better than his hairline in 2017 (I’d post a picture but I don’t want to get political)
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Good luck with your in person appointment, and happy you’re being seen for it. Bureaucracy, yes, a pain. I understand you wanting your feet to look good for it; kind of reminds me of a referral I had to a new podiatrist for some possible surgery. My feet were freshly pedicured, and I was in sandals. The doc pulled my X-rays up on his screen, looked at me and said “welcome to old age”!! Ticked me the hell off, what an horrible bedside manner. I put my feet up and said, well at least they’re still pretty damn cute! I never went back, nor would I. Now that I’m not on my feet as much, I don’t need the damn surgery anyway. A**!! Let me tell you how I really feel…
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Wow . . . bedside manner was apparently not a course at his med school. I actually had the opposite experience via telemed. Doc said he rarely sees such a serious condition in someone so young (I’m 55) and referred to me several times as a young lady. My friends (all the same age as I) exchanged funny messages about it. Then again, I guess compared to mom (91) I am young 
As we are all living longer the notion of old is creeping.
Great comeback!
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I’m older than you are, but some people think I’m quite a bit younger. Thrills the hell out of me when someone calls me Miss! OTOH, when a well mannered young man holds the door open for a longggg time, he probably thinks I’m his granny’s age. Yes, the definition of old is changing, if we manage to make it through the Covid crisis @gaffk.
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Per @Auspicious’s suggestion, I made a garbage container out of an empty Kleenex box. Only took me 15 seconds to remove the plastic. My kind of DIY project for sure 
Also making yogurt in the Instant Pot for the 1st time. Interested to see how it turns out.
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@Lambchop 2 of my 3 nephews served in the military (1 Airforce, 1 Navy). They were both very well-mannered before they entered the service, now they are ridiculously well-mannered. Air Force vet served on the honors guard flag corps; Navy vet was a musician and served as a bugler. Both served in the Middle East.
I love when I see the folks under 70 being solicitous to mom. And I would say that’s about 90-95% of young people.
Things are bad now, but people here are still being polite and friendly and preserving their sense of humor. Maybe things aren’t so bad after all?
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I was in London a couple of years ago. I was using the Underground to get to my hotel and had stopped at the bottom of a flight of stairs, just to push the handle down on my bag. Then this young woman asked if I needed any help. Perhaps needless to say, I declined with a smile and thanks - but it did make me feel old. And, on our last trip in January, another young woman offered her seat to me.
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The worst for me was when I had to visit Urgent Care shortly after turning 65, and after showing my ID and med card, etc, the receptionist said (as if she was talking to a child), “OK, you can put those back in your wallet now”. I guess she was following an age-related script, but I felt like saying “Hey, I’m 65, not 95!”
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When we moved to Cape Cod, I was in my 40’s. First visit with a new primary care doctor. Told me my arm was too fat to get an accurate BP reading. He never touched my body again.
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I took BART (SF Bay Area Rapid Transit) for the first time in a few years recently. The car was crowded, I was standing, and when seats emptied, young people kept motioning me to take them. I wasn’t going very far, so I kept standing. I am getting older, but are young people getting more polite?
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