Don't Remind Me

I glanced through an article in today's WSJ about Linda Thompson (the singer).  When asked how old she felt (OK, the question was "what age do you think of yourself")--who asks that, anyway?  I've never seen an older man asked that question.  Anyway, she answered sometimes she feels 66 (her age); sometimes she feels 86.  She adds "...I can barely walk some mornings..."

I guess I was hoping I wouldn't feel my age--would look it if I looked in the mirror, but otherwise would feel no different physically than I did 10 or 20 years ago.  But age is taking its toll.  I seemed to have reinjured a muscle I pulled, or tore, 3 years ago.  One of my right quad muscles.  But this time (or maybe unrelatedly) my right hip also hurts.  And one morning my foot ached, and I couldn't walk on it for a while.  Back to the hip:  if I sit too long, my right hip hurts quite a bit when I try to get up.  Like it's stiffened up.  I can feel it starting to stiffen now, so I'll change positions.  But it seems like I have to keep moving.  Funny how my hip doesn't hurt when I move.  But then my quad does.

I don't like being reminded that I'm getting older.