Two more work days!
Thursday and Friday are it! Although my "official" retirement date is to be September 30, that falls on a Sunday this year, so Friday is going to be my last day at work for my current employer. As the time approaches, more and more people pop out of the woodwork asking, "How are you going to avoid boredom?" or "What are you gonna do with your time?" The fact is, I probably will have less unstructured time.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Anticipation - or Anxiety?
Retirement!
By this time next month, I'll have been retired about 48 hours. How can one actually look forward to living on half his/her current gross annual income ? Fairly easily, actually, if you observe and remember that many people retire on even less - like whatever Social Security pays.
By this time next month, I'll have been retired about 48 hours. How can one actually look forward to living on half his/her current gross annual income ? Fairly easily, actually, if you observe and remember that many people retire on even less - like whatever Social Security pays.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
What Makes It Worthwhile
It's hard to believe!
Seems like just yesterday I stood before the minister, shocked at how beautiful she was in her wedding dress.
I did all right during the rehearsal, but when the real thing happened, I forgot most of what I was supposed to do. My knees went weak, and my tongue was too thick to get the words around. Somehow though, I survived the ceremony, and now 36 years later, being single is but a vague and mostly unpleasant memory.
My worst complaint is: Why is it I look that much older, while she still looks 22 to me?
Mariner
Seems like just yesterday I stood before the minister, shocked at how beautiful she was in her wedding dress.
I did all right during the rehearsal, but when the real thing happened, I forgot most of what I was supposed to do. My knees went weak, and my tongue was too thick to get the words around. Somehow though, I survived the ceremony, and now 36 years later, being single is but a vague and mostly unpleasant memory.
My worst complaint is: Why is it I look that much older, while she still looks 22 to me?
Mariner
Friday, May 25, 2007
You Know You're Getting Old When..
... you turn around and someone has stolen all your children, and left adult strangers in their place...
... those self-righteous, know-it-all, ill-mannered, ill-tempered, obnoxious teen-agers suddenly turn into attentive, loving, considerate people...
... you get something in the mail, about someone's 40-year high school class reunion, and you realize it's yours...
... your children have children of their own...
... your children are taking care of their own problems...
... your children are taking care of your problems...
... your spouse suddenly has time to be attentive to you...
... you get up in the morning, and prepare to go to work, and ask yourself why...
... you care less about acquiring wealth than you do about spending it well...
... you find yourself crying because a beloved parent passed away fifteen years earlier...
... you realize that the only really important things in your life are your relationships with others...
Mariner
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