Today, December 1, I walked into the Doctor’s office for my annual check-up.  I left feeling older than ever before.  Please allow me to share my sorrows.

Last week was Thanksgiving week.  I ate more food than I have in a long time.  And I only got in one workout all week.  I knew going into this appointment that my numbers may not be stellar.  I expected the weight to be a pound or two higher than normal and the cholesterol to be at a peak.  Surprisingly, though, my old, tired feeling did not come from what the doctor said, but what the young receptionist told me.

I signed the book and sat in the empty room waiting to be called back.  A tentative receptionist called to me.  “Mr. Land?”  I walked up to the window.  “We have you scheduled for your appointment on December 4.”  I looked the calendar on my phone.  Yep, December 4 is what I have, too.  Yet there I was, waiting to be checked on December 1.  Awesome.

They say the mind is the first thing to go.