I’m surrounded by aging issues.  The CFCC Public Policy Institute is wrapping up its recommendations for a community response to access to health care.  The Gerontology Symposium speakers today spoke about the aging population, the Baby Boomers, and the “waves” of population shifts.  Baby Boomers (like me) will be a force to be reckoned with as we will be more educated, more demanding, live longer, be more likely to do more things after/in retirement, and the information goes on and on.  I’m turning 60 next year and I think this is the good news:  I know now that I won’t die young (actually, Billy Crystal’s uncle said that!).  Don’t have to worry about it any more.  Now I’m worried about whether or not there will be enough doctors and nurses to take of me should I have some illnesses as I age.  I’m worried about whether or not there will be clerks in the grocery store and at retail stores to assist me.  How long will it take for me to get a repairman to come to my house to paint, fix the A/C, or work on my car?  I just filled up my van with gas and paid $48.00 – the highest amount ever.  Will I be able to afford to retire?  I think I’ll go sit on a beach and not worry about all these aging issues at least until next February (my birthday).