I haven't posted in many weeks because I've been feeling old, slow, and worn out. But it's not my fault, it's the fault of my genes, or the ones I am apparently missing.
Dutch scientists have recently looked at the DNA of a woman who lived to be 115 years old, about the age I am feeling these days. She was the oldest person to donate her genes to science for sequencing.
Unlike me, she had the mind of someone much younger, they say. That must have been nice for her, but maybe not for her kids who were probably embarrassed by her behavior, even at 115.
The scientists claim she had some rare genes that protected her against dementia and gave her that youthful mind.
If only I had those genes and could rocket myself mentally back a few decades.
