Yesterday, Sunday, Carolann and I went to Disneyland with our oldest son, Jeremy, his wife, Emily, her mom, Gloria, and of course the grandkids, Isaiah, 5 and Tyler, 3. About five o’clock Emily’s mom took the grandkids home with her and we took Jeremy and Emily out to dinner at a fabulous Japanese restaurant. I had a wonderful day, got home late; went to bed at 9:00 instead of my usual 7:00PM. 
Today I feel like I’ve been on a week-long bender.
I overslept, didn’t work well, had to fight drowsiness on my drive home, took a two hour nap — after a one hour struggle to go to sleep — and still feel like crap. Twenty years ago I stayed out very late in honky tonks four nights a week, drank heavily, got two or three hours sleep and was ready to rock and roll the next day.
Now a day at Disneyland has kicked my butt.
Say what we must about the pleasures of aging gracefully and the wisdom of experience it brings. Sometimes getting older just blows.
© 2008 by David L. Williams, all rights reserved
I wanted to reach out and comfort you, but I’m tired from being old. Maybe tomorrow.