Today started as so many have before. Up at 3:45 shave/brush teeth.. check.
Suit up for a run this morning. Here in the northeast dressing to exercise outside is quite a chore.
I wear two shirts and a nylon shell, long running tights, sock liners, socks, glove liners and gloves.
A quick 3 mile run is all I am up to as I am still weary from the change of pace over the holiday.
It felt good after the first mile, it always does. When I am done I always feel good about myself and will do so for the day.
Quick check of the weather, take a shower and time to wake up DW as she drives me to the
train station at 5:50 every day for the past 12 years.
Of course we had to scrape the windshield of the car before we left,
a great reminder of what I am going to leave behind.
The train arrives at the station on time as it usually does, none of the regulars are here today.
Everyone always takes this week off. So I take my seat by myself,
no friends nearby to wish me well, they have already.
Reaching the train station I take the underground bus which lets me off across the street
from the building our office is in. In the elevator press lucky 13
the floor we are on.
Entering the office for the last time I arrive at 7:00 and as usual there is no one here except the cafeteria staff.
My office is empty, I have been cleaning it out for months..
Nothing really to bring home.
Nothing really to do here as everyone is out so I update my spreadsheet I have
been keeping for 5 years and cross out the last day on the calendar.
It’s over, I’m done with all the planning and it is time to put this new life into action.
Just a quick visit to the HR department to drop off my badge and cel phone and
I am no longer an employee of this company I have been a part of for 23 years.
The work was always challenging, the rewards were very good.
There have been some really great times, golfing in Bordeaux, hiking in Colorado,
riding the bum boats in Singapore, touring Melbourne, shopping in Shanghai the
list goes on and on..
Twenty three years is a long time for anything, in reality I have been doing this type
of work since I was 21 so it’s really 35 years.
Three wonderful children, a divorce, a second marriage it all has gone by so fast.
The last year has been difficult as my wife had open heart surgery followed by a
second less serious but nearly as difficult procedure 3 months later.
One thing I have learned as I have grown older is to realize how significant these
life changing events are and what a huge decision I have just made.
My life will change now, I hope for the better.
I have been a member of this forum for almost 5 years now, I want to thank all the regulars
for their sage advice, I may not have posted very much but I have visited almost every day
I truly enjoy this site.
Suit up for a run this morning. Here in the northeast dressing to exercise outside is quite a chore.
I wear two shirts and a nylon shell, long running tights, sock liners, socks, glove liners and gloves.
A quick 3 mile run is all I am up to as I am still weary from the change of pace over the holiday.
It felt good after the first mile, it always does. When I am done I always feel good about myself and will do so for the day.
Quick check of the weather, take a shower and time to wake up DW as she drives me to the
train station at 5:50 every day for the past 12 years.
Of course we had to scrape the windshield of the car before we left,
a great reminder of what I am going to leave behind.
The train arrives at the station on time as it usually does, none of the regulars are here today.
Everyone always takes this week off. So I take my seat by myself,
no friends nearby to wish me well, they have already.
Reaching the train station I take the underground bus which lets me off across the street
from the building our office is in. In the elevator press lucky 13
the floor we are on.
Entering the office for the last time I arrive at 7:00 and as usual there is no one here except the cafeteria staff.
My office is empty, I have been cleaning it out for months..
Nothing really to bring home.
Nothing really to do here as everyone is out so I update my spreadsheet I have
been keeping for 5 years and cross out the last day on the calendar.
It’s over, I’m done with all the planning and it is time to put this new life into action.
Just a quick visit to the HR department to drop off my badge and cel phone and
I am no longer an employee of this company I have been a part of for 23 years.
The work was always challenging, the rewards were very good.
There have been some really great times, golfing in Bordeaux, hiking in Colorado,
riding the bum boats in Singapore, touring Melbourne, shopping in Shanghai the
list goes on and on..
Twenty three years is a long time for anything, in reality I have been doing this type
of work since I was 21 so it’s really 35 years.
Three wonderful children, a divorce, a second marriage it all has gone by so fast.
The last year has been difficult as my wife had open heart surgery followed by a
second less serious but nearly as difficult procedure 3 months later.
One thing I have learned as I have grown older is to realize how significant these
life changing events are and what a huge decision I have just made.
My life will change now, I hope for the better.
I have been a member of this forum for almost 5 years now, I want to thank all the regulars
for their sage advice, I may not have posted very much but I have visited almost every day
I truly enjoy this site.
