The Inevitable Decay of Youth

This title does sound rather dreary...or "Woody-Allen-esk" (whichever you subscribe to, depression or depression mixed with witty humor). Nothing like a weekend excursion to a trampoline park to show you how much you have deteriorated in your physical stamina since being a child. Good lord, I thought of myself as being a fairly athletic person, but after about 5 minutes jumping about at Skyzone I thought I was going to go into cardiac arrest. Perhaps the movement was just very strenuous...but perhaps not, due to the fact that my shoulder now feels like it has been dislocated and I felt as though my knees were going to buckle after several rough landings. I will cherish my knees, back, and shoulders in this state, as they are bound to get worse with time. I do think I need to credit my three year stint at the nursing home with my now below par back - but moving forward I need to sign back up at the very enjoyable establishment...massage envy. Ah soft music, herbal tea, and all for a ridiculously high price - what could be better.

Mondays are very two-faced, they either go south very quickly or north at a more steady pace. Lucky for me this Monday was tolerable and I even secured a meeting with a great referral source that I need to buddy up with. Cherishing the little wins is part of surviving in the world of sales...the constant beat-down of negativity can pulverize any salespersons' optimism if not interspersed with some success (however small). Monday or not, irony always finds its way into my life - I had to give a presentation today at a LTC community on "positive thinking"...the director of this community will never return my calls or answer my emails even though he expects me to be at his beck-and-call. Nonetheless, unsure of what else to do I prepared for the topic he had suggested (and surely forgotten about) a month prior. My segment went over well as a crowd of smiling seniors stared back at me nodding in agreement about how we should all adapt a more positive outlook. Unfortunately, the next two speakers had to announce that three well-loved staff members have decided to resign and three members of the community had died the night before...so naturally my point was quickly mute.