Senior Occurences

Senior Occurrences is my euphemism for elderly events.   Or maybe Elderly events is a euphemism for old folks accidents.  Last week I was attending a series of lectures held at the Center for Democracy across from the JANM.  It conflicted with my video class at the Visual Communications Center around the corner and across the parking lot.

In my rush to get to class, I had asked a question of the guard as I was leaving the Democracy Center and turned to smash into the glass window with a bang. I quickly recovered and exited the center through the glass door and noticed I was bleeding profusely.  We all know nose bleeds can be a bit of a mess, and as blood was pouring out of me, I was rushing across the parking lot to the class.

As I entered the class I rushed by my classmates dumping my notebook and headed straight to the restroom.  It was there that I started to realize how much I was bleeding.  It took about a good 30 minutes for the bleeding to stop and puzzled looks from my classmates.  They were more worried about my condition than I was, but then I didn't really see all the blood over my face and clothes.

Trips, falls, wrong turns, mis-identified facts, forgotten names are becoming more frequent.  I first tried to attribute it to the heart attack or chemo brain, but I am realizing that it is more about old age.
I was hoping to be one of those old folks whose brain is still sharp as a tack.  In fact one of my classmates can be defined that way.  But I am starting to doubt my brain will outlast my body.  Of course it helps to have an exceptional brain to begin with.....

This week as I attended my VC class, I was able to follow my trail of blood up the back stairs and was relieved that it stopped at the door.  Did I mention that the sun was shining brightly through the glass? Or at least I think it was.....

                                             The window is on the right, door on the left.