First Day of Retirement!!

[bclover]

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

 

[travelover]

Congratulations. May this be the first of many thousands of happily retired days.

 

[Tadpole]

One day down and, today when you wake up, there will be no chance that it is an April Fools hoax. ITS REAL!

 

[Ronstar]

You did it, stable mabel! Congrats!

 

[Tailgate]

3 Cheers! Welcome to life 2.0.

You will still have some uphill climbs and stresses.... my April 1 was spent bailing my useless nephew out of jail for a domestic dispute....

 

[Dreamer]

Congrats! Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

 

[misshathaway]

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.

It is such a new experience to be open to random chats with people at the gym or the supermarket. No worry, as you noted, about being late for the next thing. Here's another one - wait until you have to call Customer Service for anything. No fretting about how long you've been on hold, or how many people you get transferred to, watching your scarce free time fritter away.

 

[Rustic23]

Looking forward to a glorious one year anniversary report! Enjoy!!

 

[Tailgate]

It is such a new experience to be open to random chats with people at the gym or the supermarket. No worry, as you noted, about being late for the next thing. Here's another one - wait until you have to call Customer Service for anything. No fretting about how long you've been on hold, or how many people you get transferred to, watching your scarce free time fritter away.

+1

 

[MRG]

Congratulations!

Guess what? It gets even better.

 

[Nodak]

Congratulations

 

[RobbieB]

Happy first day of retirement and welcome to the club!

 

[DrRoy]

I'm planning for my first day to be April Fools next year. I hope it goes as well.

 

[stlguy57]

Very happy for you. Best of luck beginning a new phase of life.

 

[old woman]

Another thing is you don't need a bedtime, it is 2AM I am watching a movie, I can sleep when tired get up whenever. I accomplished nothing today again. You can sit and read a book without being on vacation. Two years down still working on one project, cleaning my house. I have donated a ton to charity and my boyfriend took another truck load yesterday. I hire people to do things I don't want to do but can spend entire days doing nothing without guilt.

 

[COHgirl]

Congratulations! FWIW, it didn't take long to overcome the 3:30am "have to get up for work" habit.

 

[Teacher Terry]

When I first retired I felt odd being out and about during the day-like i wasn't supposed to be, etc. It sounds funny looking back at it. I had to train my dogs not to wake me up at 6:30 am. Like others I no longer get annoyed if things take longer. When I walk my dog I have time to chat with others, it is great. Congrats!!

 

[GravitySucks]

Congrats!

 

[PamInCA]

Congrats!! I too had my first day of retirement on April 1st. I still get up around 5am but I'm fine with that, I can take a nap. I've been packing, and packing, and packing as I am moving next weekend. I hope to really relax and take it easy for awhile after I get settled.

 

[daylatedollarshort]

Enjoy your retirement!

 

[Retire2013]

Congrats! Enjoy!


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[Fedup]

Congrats! I don't miss getting up at 4:45am any more. I sleep until 8am sometimes.


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[ExFlyBoy5]

Ah...such a good idea retiring on April 1st! I wish I had thought of that.

Enjoy the retirement, it's absolutely fabulous. We had a few friends over this weekend to enjoy our newly tapped keg and several of them were discussing how the previous week was SOOO nice since it was Spring break and traffic was not a bother. I couldn't help but grin a little bit knowing that when traffic would return to its normal madness today, I could just lay in bed and watch pointless television.

 

[Beldar]

When you wake up at 4:45am just listen to the growing crescendo of going to work traffic and realize you don't have to contribute to that noise anymore!

Congrats!

_B

 

[Al in Ohio]

Congrats! I don't miss getting up at 4:45am any more. I sleep until 8am sometimes.


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Wow. I still w*rk and sleep until 7 or 8 am. When I retire it will be 9 or 10 am. My fitbit tells me to get a minimum of 8 hours of sleep each night and I often do.


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