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Post by wisenan on Nov 3, 2012 17:25:44 GMT
I have been having swimming lessons for about 12 weeks now (i'm 65) and i can now swim 25 metres and i have learnt to float and swim on my back. Last week i also learnt to tread water. All this is a first for me and i am so excited each week! i can't wait to get there! i'm like a little kid!! Anyone else achieved anything in later life? Just wanted to share my new venture with you all! Luv Nan xx  |
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Post by vikingken on Nov 3, 2012 18:23:02 GMT
I'm a few years oder than you Nan and I've been taking sleeping lessons. I can sleep for 48 hours with just a 20 minute break every 6 hours. I can sleep on my back, side, or curled up like a possum. I'm training so I can sleep right over the Christmas period without waking up. Then a quick snack and back to sleep over New Year. If I have a good meal then, I might make it till the warm weather. Isn't it great not to have to get up in the morning and go to work???
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Post by Lynnrose on Nov 3, 2012 18:27:59 GMT
Lol KC and well done Nan 
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Post by wisenan on Nov 3, 2012 22:09:15 GMT
Your response KC was epic! soooo funny! and yes it is great not having to get up in the morning!! do what i want when i want! life is just great!
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Post by elvis on Nov 4, 2012 11:01:44 GMT
H! wisenan,
Glad you are enjoying Swimming 
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Post by johnnybee on Nov 5, 2012 0:09:01 GMT
Yeah, have to say that being out of the ratrace is great, up to a point; I get up when I feel like it, sleep, eat and go up to the pub when I want and generally please myself what I do and when.
I say 'up to a point' because after being at the mercy of the clock - and other peoples' expectations - for so many years, it's good to have a choice; however, there's only so much housework you can do, projects you can pursue and daytime telly you can watch without losing the will to live!
I busied myself with chairing the governors at the local school and chairing the ex-Navy Association for a few years, but then the great God Finances reared his ugly head; now on basic income, I had to resign all that because I couldn't get about without a car or enough for fares to and from functions.
Now I wander around, looking for something I can do that doesn't involve spending money or making promises that I can't keep; what started as a blessed relief from the daily grind has morphed into yet another daily grind - the grind of boredom, and the inability to do what I want to do.
For now, I help out at the local Acorns Hospice shop, processing donations, cleaning stuff up, pricing and tagging it, and general maintenance within the shop itself - at least I'm doing something constructive and worthwhile for the poor buggers who have to rely on Acorns for respite care, etc.
Onwards and upwards!
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Post by Lynnrose on Nov 5, 2012 6:53:07 GMT
I can see your point JB....I am still working, but would love the choice to not have to, but I do think I would get very bored after a couple of weeks if I didn't have a 'proper' reason to get up every day.
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Post by buzzy on Nov 5, 2012 10:13:24 GMT
JB - I know how you feel. A life of leisure is one thing but I have forgotten the number of times I have said I hate retirement. I keep busy running a local Neighbourhood Watch, I used to do a lot of work with the local Police running a website in association of the local Crime Prevention Panel which was incredibly busy but absolutely fascinating. All I can say is thank goodness for computers, my life almost entirely revolves around my three machines.
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