And so dear reader and follower of the Blog that is that. Yes I have now finally retired, it is over, finished, the end, no more. Officially as of 8am GMT on Monday 23 December 2013 I am a free man, well when I say free I am sure the Lady of the House may have a slightly different interpretation of the word free, but free enough.
It has been forty nine years three months and eight days since I left home aged fifteen to make my way in the world and as regular readers of the Blog and perhaps not so regular readers from Chad will remember from the last entry of the Blog, to join the Army as a Boy Soldier.
When I first started this Blog with a few faltering lines I added to the ‘About Me’ column that I was an official grumpy old man happily looking forward to many things. I have found, as I am sure you the eagle eyed reader will have also done, that as time has passed I have obtained or achieved some of those various objectives or goals. I now have, for example, a Bus Pass, and very good it is too. I now am in receipt of a pension well two actually with a third to come next year. Having now retired that is yet another item ticked from the list of life and so according to the ‘About Me’ list now I am only looking forward to my eventual demise, ah well. It is time now to update the column I think.
So what does one do when retired? I asked someone that very question a few days ago. My friend thought for a moment, he gazed skywards, he took a deep breath and then exhaled loudly, there was a pause. he looked at me and rubbed his chin; “Do” he queried “well I don't actually do anything” he said but then added “but for some reason I always seem to be doing something that I wonder sometimes I had time to go to work at all, always busy that's me”.
So that seems to be the basis of the plan. Being retired means you can take it easy, no need to rush about, there is always tomorrow, I will finish that job later, yes that is what being retired means I am sure of it.
So that seems to be the basis of the plan. Being retired means you can take it easy, no need to rush about, there is always tomorrow, I will finish that job later, yes that is what being retired means I am sure of it.
I will have all the time in the world to do all those things I had always promised myself that I would get around to when I had retired. There are new skills to learn, just for fun, hobbies and interests to pursue, new places around the world to visit, I must say this retired business does seem so far to be fun, I know it is early days and I must not suffer from retirement burnout but I am looking forward to it.
So I must dash as I wonder if I have just enough time to…………………………………………………….
