Sunday, August 31, 2008

Retired at 43

It is now official...my letter is in the big guy's mailbox, my last date of employment is September 12, 2008. I will be "officially" retired for a 3-week period as I do not start my new job until October 6, 2008. Man..I'm gonna live it up and do it right. I'm going to get as much practice in as I can so when the next retirement comes, I'll know exactly what to do. Here are a few things I've got planned for the 3-week period.
  • Go to local dinner each morning and hang out with the other retired guys
  • Get me a pair of black socks...wear them with shorts and sandals and go out in public.
  • Go to the mall and "power walk".
  • Go to the park and sit on a park bench and feed birds.
  • Call all ladies "sunshine".
  • Bitch about taxes
  • Say "I'm on a fixed salary" at the pharmacy.
  • Take lunch to my wife while she is at work.
  • Hang out at the hardware store.
  • Play a few rounds of golf, or at least drink some beer and drive the golf carts fast.
  • Reply and send some money to some junk mail ads that come in the mail.
  • Learn how to play domino's.
  • Volunteer at a food bank.
  • Hook up with some old friends.
  • Spend some "Daddy" time with each one of my wonderful daughters.
  • Pat my wife on the butt more often and say..."looking good there sunshine".

Man, I'm going to be busy, but, I'm up to the challenge. I might take a short "Gregory" vacation...not completely sure...but its looking pretty good right now.

No matter what I decide to do, I know one thing for sure...I'm going to let God know how thankful I am for my life, my family and the blessings he gives to me each and everyday of my absolutely fantastic life.

Later all you working dudes....

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Don't forget to turn your left turn signal on about three hundred feet before you turn right! *wink*