Zip a back-zipper dress: I'm still flexible enough to do this. But maybe not forever.
Remove snug cowboy boots: I've never had help with this, even when not living alone.
Look at your own backside: You can with mirrors.
Play tennis: You can't have a competitive game, but can hit against a wall or backboard.
My favorite one is the surprise party--made me laugh. I can imagine decorating the house and then walking in and exclaiming to myself, "What a shock! I had no idea!"
This year I moved to a rural area, far from friends and family (long story, but it involves retirement, divorce & not being able to afford housing where I'd lived for 30 years). Then I needed to have a colonoscopy, but had no one nearby to drive me. It was required that someone drop me off and sign that s/he would also pick me up - WTF! Eventually I put aside my pride and asked my nephew (by the former marriage) to take 5 hours off work to drive to me, take me to the colonoscopy, wait, take me home, then drive back to his town. He is a kind person and did it, but the whole episode left me feeling angry and helpless and somehow ashamed. This experience and other considerations have caused me to decide to move back across the country to a city I thought I'd never return to, but where I have a few family members. We are not close, and disagree on some very important matters (POLITICS!), but I've got to suck it up and be somewhere with support during this last third of life. Hopefully, I can be of some support to them, too, and we can bridge some of our differences. But I admit I'm anxious about it.
Zip a back-zipper dress: I'm still flexible enough to do this. But maybe not forever.
Remove snug cowboy boots: I've never had help with this, even when not living alone.
Look at your own backside: You can with mirrors.
Play tennis: You can't have a competitive game, but can hit against a wall or backboard.
My favorite one is the surprise party--made me laugh. I can imagine decorating the house and then walking in and exclaiming to myself, "What a shock! I had no idea!"
Oh what a fabulous, funny idea a surprise party!!
Wrap a few presents, hide them, hope you forget what they are 🎁🤔
Surprise!
:-D
This year I moved to a rural area, far from friends and family (long story, but it involves retirement, divorce & not being able to afford housing where I'd lived for 30 years). Then I needed to have a colonoscopy, but had no one nearby to drive me. It was required that someone drop me off and sign that s/he would also pick me up - WTF! Eventually I put aside my pride and asked my nephew (by the former marriage) to take 5 hours off work to drive to me, take me to the colonoscopy, wait, take me home, then drive back to his town. He is a kind person and did it, but the whole episode left me feeling angry and helpless and somehow ashamed. This experience and other considerations have caused me to decide to move back across the country to a city I thought I'd never return to, but where I have a few family members. We are not close, and disagree on some very important matters (POLITICS!), but I've got to suck it up and be somewhere with support during this last third of life. Hopefully, I can be of some support to them, too, and we can bridge some of our differences. But I admit I'm anxious about it.
It can be so hard to be alone. I hope the move works out well for your.