Whey.... What a trip! I know, retirement today is not your father's retirement. I will continue to be "a useful member of society" or so Yella tells me. After all, she has to have some way to get me out of "her" house.
Yesterday was one of the most disorienting days of my life...the LAST DAY owning my company...saying goodbye to some great people...moving out of my house and into my daughter Katey's house (for 11 days until I leave for Panama). Yella and I were throw into life with a 1.5 year old grandson, with almost none of our stuff, and very little room to settle in. That will do a number on you!
I called my good friend last night and he could tell I was out to lunch. Thank God for friends. He invited me to coffee this morning before he went to work (OK, I'll admit it...it feels great watching him go off to work while I sit in the coffee shop and write this blog!) It was an act of heartfelt compassion to get me out of Katey's house and into the world after all the disorientation. Thank you, John.
Mentally, I am still a business owner. I still think of the company as mine, I am still anticipating the future and what needs to be done to survive in this crappy economy, I am still engaged in "business." I suspect that this will slowly dissipate with time...probably accelerating as I get to Panama and all the busyness of getting our new house ready and livable before Yella comes down in late January.
I do have a couple of projects to occupy my mind, minuscule as it is. Among other things, I am learning how to create a website. This is exciting because computers used to fascinate me. I lost interest when we went from DOS to Windows. Yes, I know, that really dates me. Something to play with in Panama.
Well, onward into the first day of retirement!
Merry Christmas!
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