You got the cleaned up version: I deleted two paragraphs that were not germane.
These decade markers are human constructions. But they always force us to assess our lives whether that is logical or not. When I turned 40 I remarried. When I turned 50 I had a 9-year-old daughter who had two teenage (technically half-) brothers. When I turned 60 I had just done my last job change. In my new situation they were beginning to recognize my genius. So I guess I had it easy. I had to stay on top of my game to make that happen but it happened. At 70 I was 3 years into retirement and having an absolute blast but I began to notice that I got tired more easily. This has only increased. I'm at my band's yearly retreat right now and this morning was getting ready to start making breakfast for everyone. I has this bucket of water that needed to be carried to the edge of the field and dumped so I walked up to a group of maybe 5 of my bandies and said, "I need someone a minimum of 10 years younger than me to empty this." Of course no prob somebody hopped to it.
When I was going to this weekend I wondered if I would be too self-conscious to go in the pool because my innie recently turned into a weird looking outie. I said to myself fuck if anybody doesn't like my belly button they can jolly well not look at it! I am SO out of fucks. I guess that's the saving grace of being in my 70s. More down side than up side though.
OK. I've gone on long enough! Sorry.