Yesterday I had a phone call from my son Colin who spends the winter in Utah skiing Alta and Snowbird. Of course I asked him if he was still skiing. It was affirmative and he was soon to be off to ski with one of my grandsons Carson who was patiently waiting for him to arrive on the slopes. His call reminded me how much I am now missing a daily routine of heading to my local ski slope.
Yes, I am having a challenge this year to transition to a new daily rhythm that keeps me fit and enthusiastic plus gives me a social outlet too. Now I am in a lull before my frequent volunteer guidance at local museum. Fortunately the schedule is due to ramp up to more days per week by the end of April. For exercise a daily regimen of an hour on my recumbent bike has to make up for the lack of ski slope exercise. Meanwhile, the usual yard work is held in abeyance by some colder weather. Once things warm up there will be daily chores outside that always feels good to be out in nature.
I wonder if other retirees have challenges in transitioning from one season to another? Most of us geezers probably have a fixation on certain routines that give them comfort. Some of us are even eccentric about that. I know my children think it strange that my routine breakfast of a slice of Oatnut bread with butter and jelly of the day is weird. Actually I go so far to have seven different jellies in a weekly rotation with a specific jelly assigned to a day. To top all this off, I have discovered a year round source of sweet corn on the cob and which has become my vegetable of choice for dinner each day. As I write this blog, I am becoming to recognize there are many of my routines that continue year round so I don't have to do a lot of adjusting. However, fellow geezer skiers, the passion for skiing is special and hard to leave until next season.
