First, a huge kudos to each and everyone who talked me off the "proverbial" ledge in my last thread. for some reason the 2 weeks before saw me in full blown panic attack, lol I'm not a stable mabel naturally so I wasn't surprised. while the financial information I get here is nice, what I appreciate more is the moral and mental support of this forum. Here's a Mai-tai to you all.
Anyhoo, april fools was my first full day of retirement. very exciting. The main thing I noticed was how "relaxed" I was. usually as I go about my daily routine I am uber conscious of the time. If I go to the gym, I'm always thinking 'Ok, don't stay long because you have ______". or if I get stuck in a slow line in the super market I get annoyed. Yesterday I made a conscious effort to not do that. Got my hair colored (hey it takes work to be a natural redhead) and didn't silently kvetch because the stylist was chatty. my son's took me out to lunch and we lingered. nice
lol I did get up at my normal "work" time of 4:45 am!! I'll have to work on that.
All and all a wonderful start to a new chapter. of course I had a few blips. I took advantage of an early buyout at work so I was supposed to get a lump sum payout on 4/1. didn't happen and payroll of course has no idea what happened. but I'll fight with them next week
Anyhoo, april fools was my first full day of retirement. very exciting. The main thing I noticed was how "relaxed" I was. usually as I go about my daily routine I am uber conscious of the time. If I go to the gym, I'm always thinking 'Ok, don't stay long because you have ______". or if I get stuck in a slow line in the super market I get annoyed. Yesterday I made a conscious effort to not do that. Got my hair colored (hey it takes work to be a natural redhead) and didn't silently kvetch because the stylist was chatty. my son's took me out to lunch and we lingered. nice
lol I did get up at my normal "work" time of 4:45 am!! I'll have to work on that.
All and all a wonderful start to a new chapter. of course I had a few blips. I took advantage of an early buyout at work so I was supposed to get a lump sum payout on 4/1. didn't happen and payroll of course has no idea what happened. but I'll fight with them next week