Ride The Lifetrain w/Chuckie

Hey fellow passengers, “Merry Monday!”.  As we start the week I’d like to share some thoughts with you about this complex thing called life.  Sometimes I think life would be alot ez’er if we found ways to stay mellow…so…I selected this song to set the mood for this week and also to say…Merry Monday!  I hope you enjoy it as I share my thoughts this week on…Living the BOOMER Life (Part I).

Sidenote, while listening to this I’m wishing I was a DJ, in a dark booth round mid-night.  I would use my best early morning, Barry White baritone voice and say something like “yea…baby…baby..can ya dig it?”  …”I knew that you would…”  ”This is DJ Chuck Dawg…with”  [pause]  ”the quiet storm”.

Anyway I digress.

I suspect tht most of the passengers who jump aboard the train are Baby (or pre) baby boomers.  As such we are facing a multitude of boomer issues.  Parental care, health issues, financial/retirment issues, social issues, …well the list goes on for us 40-50 plus folk.  For baby boomers in late middle age and entering older age, an ability to laugh keeps things on an even footing and helps to ‘ground’ emotions that might otherwise topple confidence and self esteem.  More and more I read about professionals in the physiology realm recommend laughter as a antidote against an early grave and evidence bears out that the ability to apply humor to even the most tragic of circumstances can lighten the spirit and help get life back on track again.

So, I have surmised for this week that we should learn to take a humorous and philosophical look at things sometimes to help balance out the sometimes harsh realities of aging.  So this week…let’s mellow out, keep a smile on, don a positive attitude and make each day this week, not just Monday…A Merry Day!

Here’s a few thoughts I’d like to share in Part one of this week’s topic, Living the “BOOMER Life”:

I find myself having more and more friends scheduled for some type of a body replacement.  And on that note, A “BIG” shout out to my friend Michael “NASTY MAN” Mayfield.  Michael is recuperating from hip replacement
surgery.   Ladies beware, his nasty-ness is on the mend.  Is limp pimp will now be back to just a pimp…and that’s OK with me as it means my friend is on the mend.

More and more I find myself in the lot of a Mall, Store or just walking down the street and realize that I’m going in the complete opposite direction of where I’m supposed to be going?  But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which I came, I (literally) have to first do something like check my watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to myself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks I’m crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.

I’m wondering more and more if my best friend’s job should be to immediately clear my computer history when I die.  I wasn’t always saved…(and don’t front… neither were you…LOL) That one might hit you later…

I’m wondering now, how many times is it appropriate to say “What?” before you just nod and smile because you still didn’t hear what they said?  …and

Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using ‘as in’ examples, more and more I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete idiot.  Today I had to spell my boss’s last name to an attorney and said “Yes that’s G as in…(10 second lapse)…ummm…Goonies”

And you know what?  To end Part one I say, “I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when I was younger.”

P.S. Who Are the Baby Boomers?  The Baby Boomer Generation represents people born between the years 1946 and 1964 – now between the ages of 44 and 62.
Merry Monday, All Aboard…The LifeTrain!