Happy 70th birthday. It's a Sunday, and I'm typing this sitting on the green couch in my living room on Beechwood, and it's around 9:40 a.m. Mr. Bird was singing earlier, and NPR is on the radio. Later today my pal Bob and I will be putting winter tires on our cars, and we'll be going to Charley's Crab for dinner this evening.
I feel pretty good about turning 60. I'm in good health, have some good friends, a job I enjoy, fun car to drive, and don't look too bad for 60. I'm looking forward to going to New Zealand next March, and if I can manage to drop 40 pounds by then, I'll be looking for a late 80s - early 90s Porsche to buy when I get back. I'm not wanting for much, but it would be nice to be someone's sweetie (although it seems things are picking up with Dan now that he's quit drinking).
Where will I be at age 70? Will I be living in Washington State as I have planned? Will I still be enjoying good health? I anticipate a lot happening this next decade, and am looking forward to it.
Epilogue
about 1 month later
It's Christmas Eve, 2021, over a month after I turned 70. I am in my 8th decade.
In the summer of 2019, I sold the house on Beechwood to J,...
Woh het dpraies saw in in nma ehwn lilts emvod ungyo i. I arsey i tatcirvtea hobugt ynam nodfu onocd orf na a eaar ni. 'nodt ogod vome l,al ni vligin aacpiitnte rfo btu oaenhtr lal a seray 8 eerh mroe tnha i ti saw.
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Ol,dsce reefob vcodi crba yeth lahc'srey sldcoe iht i tub nitkh.
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Dna ckba i ohteergt tog dan. I to a hda aiawhi pubekra ew areft usisoer otko mhi. It odtvlsi-hre aws. Breoef tgo ew ew a,aing be pu broke gderea rottehg,e ti htta ckba ew fi uldwo ti ety. Dya 2041 thta eedeknw eriommal ahedppne. Dan i like raf epvemtoedln as a sauvdgrbi as a ehgart, nca uhsoe ti dwoeod rdrimae bhguot 'she ni thye ni sokol. Ish adn a to ewfi rnailbari seud be.
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