I don’t know
if it is age or lack of practice, but my writing looks like a five year old’s,
only worse.
I wonder if
it is just me.
Mrs. C’s writing
is notoriously bad and apparently always has been. My handwriting has never been very good,
perhaps because I write lefthanded, but currently it is awful. It is not only awful, but I also write very
slowly, forming each letter with great tongue-sticking-out effort and have
great difficulty keeping the letters in a straight line.
Previously,
even though my writing was bad, at least I could write fast. My writing looked a little sloppy, but it was
legible.
I suspect it
is because I have been writing via keyboard for the last 30 plus years. I do not write letters, I send email. Almost anything I wrote at work years ago was
on the computer and obviously my blog is done on the computer.
I think the
only thing I actually write on with an actual pen is when I sign a card or fill
out a check. Apparently if you do not
use a skill, you do lose it. I wonder
what else I can no longer do for lack of practice.
I can jog
fast, but I don’t think I could run without injuring myself. I wonder if I can still skip…I haven’t
skipped in years.
I probably
can no longer ride a skateboard, come to think of it I never rode a
skateboard.
I used to be
able to throw a ball, not great, but OK.
The last time I tried, I threw like a girl, that’s right, I said it you
feminists. Actually I still throw better
than most girls, except for my daughter-in-law who was a two time softball all-American
and has a rocket for an arm.
I think I could
still ride a bike, but only with both hands on the handlebar. As a kid we would ride all over with no
hands, steering by just shifting our weight, might be a bad idea today.
I can still
kick a ball, but probably only half as far as I used to kick one.
There are
some things that I can do that I didn’t used to be able to do. I can do laundry, clean dishes, and even
clean bathrooms, not often, but as a kid I had zero practice at these chores.
Use it or
lose it they say, I guess that is why Mrs. C has me write all our checks.
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