Worked a puzzle

The other day I took this “Real Age” test on the internet. A friend sent me the link and so I took the test in hopes that it would tell me that my mythical “real” age was like 25 even though my chronological age is 41. Here are some things they told me…and how I, at the REAL age of 41, intend to respond to their suggestions
1. To lengthen my life I need to have a dog.
Response: I don’t like dogs. I like other people’s dogs just fine, but I don’t want one. Any additional years added to my life from petting dogs is taken off by the stress of cleaning up pee, poop and dog hair.
2. I don’t eat anywhere near enough vegetables.
Response: I know it and I’m trying. Get off my case. Why didn’t they ask me if I eat burgers and fries…I don’t so I’m thinking no burgers and fries adds the days that not enough vegetables take off.
3. I don’t drink enough milk.
Response: Milk makes my stomach hurt and produces unpleasant bi-products if ya know what I’m sayin’. Everybody will be happier if I don’t drink milk.
4. I don’t exercise like “they” say I should.
Response: I spend 1 hour, 6 out of 7 days a week at the gym and I can wear short skirts…I’m fine, really. I’ll give some thought to “adding another activity”….okay, I’m done, there will be no new activity.
5. Suggested I do puzzles to “keep my brain sharp”
Response: THIS I can do! And that, my friends, is the best thing of the day.
I used to do puzzles all the time. When I was a little kid I loved to do word finds. I then graduated to crosswords. Although, I went back to doing one word find a month in college because my grandmother would cut the monthly word find out of her AARP magazine and send it to me in a care package. (That’s right, I had the best grandmother on the planet.)Then in my later 20’s I started doing logic puzzles. Now, in my 40’s I play on Facebook. Hey, that’s not a puzzle…nope and it ain’t keepin’ the old synapses firing either.
My little quiz had a link to a crossword of the day. Crosswords on the computer ROCK!! You don’t have to erase and you don’t get ink all over your hands (and subsequently your face when you rub your nose)! This is seriously awesome. Now, the bad news, I suck at crossword puzzles now! I can’t think of, well, words. Hell, I had trouble understanding some of the clues and this isn’t the New York Times puzzle or anything. Yep, time to spend a little less time Facebooking and a little more time using my brain.
By the way, my “real” age, according to the quiz, is 39.1.
Response: Whatever.