as old as it gets

i worked today and this old man came in, said he was the brother of the lady that works at the mattress king, some stores down, he talked to me for a while, he was so cute, told me how he fell asleep on a tempedic mattress after only a couple minutes instead of the half hour it normally takes him.  he’s from minnesota and he says his sister’s son married a woman from hong kong.  i tihnk i really like talking to old people, when i went to katie’s wedding i didn’t know anybody so i ended up sitting at a table full of old people from her church, they were quite entertaining.  and had many valuable conversations, this lady next to me, barbara was 65, she was awesome, but her story is kind of sad, she’s been battling her sister for things after her mother passed away earlier this year, i don’t ever want to do that with my sister, money is just money, you either have it or you don’t, there’s no need to get nasty with family over it, this other man al said it took forty years to resolve everything after his mother died, can you imagine!! he invited me to join their church, said they love to have people like me their, whatever that means, he was staring at me a lot during the dinner, unless it was a coincidence everytime i looked at him he was looking at me, but he said we should discuss more chemical engineering things, so nice, i should volunteer at the home near where max used to live when i get back to boulder, old people have so much more to offer than people my age, and i don’t have to feel like i need them to like me