Geezers...do you know what time it is? Do you know the day of the week? Heck, do you the month or the year? Do you know the difference between a weekday and a weekend? How about answering "What is a holiday?" Here's another question: Do you care? All these things were so important when we were working, but now...not so much. Now we don't work and we don't really care, but we need to see our friends at the doctor's office; at PT sessions; at church, the beauty shop and at a few fun events too.
Before I became a geezer, I used to laugh at my geezer parents who did not know if it was Monday or Saturday. They had no idea. Now, I'm just like them--I have no idea. The only time I know what day it is, is when I have an appointment...then I have to think is that appointment today or tomorrow or is it next week?
It's a good thing calendars have been invented. Geezers need calendars. Calendars tell us geezers what to do and when to do it. They do have their downside though. A calendar has to be maintained. Every house needs a "Calendar Keeper." Only one geezer per family need apply. If 2 geezers keep it, it does not work and if both geezers keep separate calendars, it's useless too. The calendar has to be a thing that sits in plane sight for everyone to see. It has to be kept up to date. Some folks keep a calendar on the universal bulletin board--you know-- the fridge!
My fridge is a wealth of information. It has the calendar, a magnetic clip holding all those little reminder cards telling us when the next appointment is, as well as business cards for important helpers in Geezerville. It also has the shopping list. In other words the fridge is a mess. It's probably the messiest part of my home, but it keeps us on time...more or less.
I also keep THE electronic calendar on my iPhone. It does a pretty good job of keeping track of what we are supposed to do, and if I program it correctly it even gives me reminders. But it does have a drawback. We live on the end of the time zone and that's not a good thing. Every time we cross the time zone, strange and magical things happen to the iPhone calendar. Sometimes the calendar changes the time correctly...other times it will only add hours OR only subtract hours. If I cross the zone repeatedly--my appointment times can be hours off. Tis a HUGE problem, especially since I'm a geezer and I don't really know the time?!
In addition, we have to plan for that hour when we cross the time zone. The drive to the next biggest town in the other state is an hour away. Then there is the hour time zone change...so if I have an 8 AM appointment (BTW this is just about impossible for geezers to keep) we need to leave no later than 6 AM. That's means we have to be UP and "alert" at 430 AM..clean up, have breakfast and leave no later than 6. IF we anticipate traffic, we have to leave earlier. That's not a nice thing to do to a geezer. Most of us have learned to make afternoon appointments when we cross the zone. So not only do we have to remember that we have an appointment--we need to keep track of the time AND the day of the week and the time zone. That's just too hard to do when you a geezer from Geezerville.
Geezers on the edge of a time zone who are already addled by not knowing the day of the week or the time of day are completely befuddled by keeping time. We have learned, after missing the first appointment on the other side to accommodate. It's a pain. We still don't know the day of the week or the month. We have the fridge calendar and the cell phone calendar to manage our lives. In the end, all of us make it work...kinda. Every so often there's a slip-up and as of now, the folks on the other side of the zone know that we are geezers and seem to laugh with us. Remember, we're all in this together.
1 comment:
That is well done. That’s because Iam a geezer!
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