So much going on – none of it work. I may have done all of an hour of work since August 8 – my last real working day. I have so many things in progress: Planning a trip to London, Paris and Rome Oct 2-19 Figuring out what to carry and what to leave behind… Continue reading Mid-September
Category: Now
Finding balance
So the weekend was filled with things from discovering that our Cub Cadet will not start, to learning that the old lawnmower basically carves grass rather than mows it. Husband will not be happy when he sees it, but it will grow. I’m trying again to maintain a “Done” or “Finished” log so that I… Continue reading Finding balance
Weird Week
So I worked on Monday and got my nails done.Tuesday, I had an appointment with the accountant and then a lashes appointment.Wednesday I volunteered at the cat shelter. I spent a lot of time trying to track down hotels in Paris and Rome. I had my annual physical.Thursday, I did laundry and some work around… Continue reading Weird Week
Retirement
I formally retired on 8/8/22. Ok, I remain on a “by approval only” consultancy status for the next 3-6 months. I’ll receive my last 3 months salary along with my bonus some time before June 30 2023. It has only been during the past 2-3 weeks that I’ve felt any anxiety about this decision at… Continue reading Retirement
Consistency
Another post! Woo hoo! So I’m currently on what amounts to 6 weeks of medical leave. This time has also become a proving ground for my upcoming retirement from work. As I may have mentioned, my husband has finally decided we might have enough money to actually stop working while we’re both mentally and physically… Continue reading Consistency
Lost 9 months
So let’s bullet point the changes: August and September stayed steady. Then alcohol overtook a friend and literally derailed his life, mine, and more. It led to him burning down his life (so to speak) at the end of 2021 (violence, car wreck, job loss, DUI, lies, rehab, relapse, more). His decisions have impacted me… Continue reading Lost 9 months
3 months later….
Now: My life got away from me for 3 entire months. A wild stallion – me in the saddle, sometimes dragged behind by a rope, standing up and reeling from the ride when he would occasionally stop for water and sustenance. This stallion has been my life. But he is growing tamer, and I am… Continue reading 3 months later….
A day in May 2021
I’ve put so much of the past-that-is-not-my-past first because I know their past has helped create my present. There are no pretty stories in their past from what I can tell. Or none that they cared to share with me. I suppose it might be time for a real-time update. I think what I need… Continue reading A day in May 2021
1935 Part 2
My (adopted) mother was born at the end of 1935, the last of 7 children as was my biological mother. Her parents, first cousins, married at 13 and 21, I believe. They left the destitute farmland of northeastern North Carolina to head to the urban squalor of Portsmouth, Virginia where my grandfather found work in… Continue reading 1935 Part 2
1928
Today I am 60 – and what’s surprising is that of all these “milestone birthdays”, this one feels like I’ve crossed a bridge from which I cannot return. As if the past has shattered into the river beneath and now there is only the road ahead and my memories of what’s been left behind. So… Continue reading 1928