THINGS I MISS

201,481 hours ago, (as of 1:00 pm today), 8395 days ago, 1,199 weeks ago, 278.84 months ago, and 23.23 years ago.  These are the lengths of times I’ve gone without a puff of a Pall Mall cigarette, my constant companion (had a pack on me at all times 2-3 a day) and favorite vice. 

Do I miss those days?  Sure I do, but not that much anymore.   I’m 85, so there’s a lot of other things I miss like getting up out of a chair with no pains in my joints.  Staying up to watch the late shows instead of jumping in my bed right after 9:00.  I miss my teeth.  Store bought aren’t the weapons my own were.  I even miss going deer hunting since they made the damn mountains so high.  I miss cutting my own lawn and shoveling snow.  I even miss my hair although the tight crew cut is real easy to maintain and pretty easy to wash.  I miss some of my old friends who are no longer with me and yes I even miss sex.

I could go on and on and bore the hell out of you but you know I have to say something about that damn Corona thing.  It's more fun to talk about Corona Extra.

 Corona Extra) is a pale lager produced in Mexico for domestic distribution and export to all other countries besides the United States. The Corona brand is one of the top-selling beers worldwide, and in the US Corona Extra is the top-selling imported drink and third most popular overall in the United States. Outside Mexico, Corona is commonly served with a wedge of lime or lemon in the neck of the bottle to add tartness and flavor. In the US, Corona Extra is the top-selling imported drink.

Look at that, a no charge beer lesson, but back to the “I miss thing”.  The self and family imposed isolation caused by this Pandemic has given us old folks a lot of thinking time as evidenced by my first paragraph.  The extra thinking time recently made me aware that I have many little “goods” in my life beyond those I missed from the past.  Without realizing it these little goods have begun to be very important in my daily life and have begun to be sorely missed:

I miss my daily trips to the super market to browse and say hello to my new friends.

I miss going to Church on Sunday.  Even started watching in daily on television.

I miss the weekend breakfast get together with our friends.

I miss driving Miss Daisy (Marge) to the hair salon for her weekly beautification procedure.

I miss all the church meetings I had to go to.

I miss getting a haircut with my brother.

I miss my brother.

I miss seeing my kids.

I miss going out to dinner.

Making this list opened my eyes to the good things I had in life and what I can look forward to after isolation.

Back to you soon with recipe time.

Thanks for reading,

Bill