As I have aged, I have always thought that I would get better, or at least maintain my abilities to do the things you do every day. This is not the case. I can walk, talk, breathe and blink with relatively few problems; however, I have begun to have problems eating and drinking.

Eating, you would think this is easy to do and would get easier with practice, and you would just continue to get better at it. I have actually gotten worse. The problems I have with food now, you would think I was still two years old. I still get ice cream eye aches (yes I am strange, not a brain freeze but my right eye freezes and I cannot see out of it). It kind of hurts, really. You would think that would deter me, but alas, I fail to learn. Another problem is when I'm eating cereal: I'll kind of half-swallow the food and then for some reason feel the need to exhale through my nose. Try explaining that to your friends at the table, not exactly the most gracious thing you can do. I have been lucky enough to not have milk come out of my nose, something to shoot for in the future I guess.

I also like the smell of the powdered lemonade when I mix it with the water (like the Kool-Aid drink mix). Do you have any idea how much that burns? I am not TRYING to snort it but invariably I give the container a good shake before I open it, just in time to INHALE. Yet another moment where I fail miserably at covering my stupidity, the coughing and tearing eyes do me in every time. For some reason I cannot understand, I have started to try to take a breath as I take a sip of water. Boy do I look stupid then. Just get me a bib and cut my food into small bites. I swear there is someone running around with a remote control and impeccable timing; that would make me feel a whole lot better. I can always hope right?