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Monday, March 13, 2023

Mixed feelings...

 

😞I've decided to retire.  I'm really going to miss having a birds-eye view (from my office window) of sights like this water hazard on the golf course where the ducks and geese hang out.

😊I'm not going to miss sitting at the computer all day.

😞I'm going to miss my paycheck. 

😊I'm not going to miss the early bedtime.

😞I'm going to miss my boss.

😊I'm not going to miss being on hold for extended periods of every day.

     My last vacation was what got us thinking about it.  Two days into our Autumn vacation I tripped in Pennsylvania and did a face plant onto a  concrete driveway.  It left me with ten stitches in my forehead and a broken arm.  It happened to be my 65th birthday, and I spent it in an ambulance and an emergency room.  We then had a lovely trip straight back home to see a local specialist.  (I kid; I have almost no memory of the trip home thanks to the pain killers.)

    Life is too short.  We want to travel a bit more.  Carey wants to see more live baseball.  I want to complete more quilts.  

    So my job has been posted.  It's a long process, so it will still be a little while.  I think I'm looking forward to it.  Then I think maybe I'm not.

    I'm doing it, but it won't be a complete break (unlike my arm...har har).  I will be transitioning to part-time on an on-call basis.  I will still fill in occassionally when my replacement needs time off.

    I'm kind of at the point where I just want the waiting to be over, now that the decision has been made.

    Maybe I will get back to blogging regularly again.

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