I graduated from High school did not have or really want a party or celebration. It was just a step no big deal. Graduated from college one day a Midshipman the next a Third assistant Engineer shipped out the next day. Did not really celebrate beyond throwing my hat in the air and picked up my license, it was just a step. Got married real bussy at the reception and headed put on our honeymoon. The day was a major day don’t get me wrong my life was changing. Had kids after wards too celebrate.
But today was my last day as a paid fulltime employee. I have retired and I am so glad. To me this is big. And I want to really celebrate today. I am tempted to smash the alarm clock!
Congratulations! On my last day of paid employment I felt like skipping out the door, dancing in the parking lot and shouting “Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, I’m free at last!” However, I can’t skip any more because of my arthritis. Also as an atheist it would be disrespectful of me to shout about God Almighty, and someone might think I was making fun of emancipation or civil rights in general. That’s how I felt, though.
On random days during the week (we are never really sure which day of the week it is unless we check the newspaper) my husband and I will say how nice it is that tomorrow is a weekend.
My SIL says there are only three days in Sun City (retirement community): trash day, big paper day and Saturday. (My husband and I also have to look at the paper to see what day it is.)
Enjoy your freedom from the clock and the calendar, Snnipe.
To answer the comment. Not me. If I could be any age at all it would be 67. I have had a great life and plan on continuing with a great life. But I would not want to go through it again. In life I have been given so much but it has not always been easy.
My wife and I are planning on getting a travel trailer and travel through this great country. Then a trip to Europe. Some cruises I want to take the wife through the Panama Canal, and also a cruise that is not a Dog Barker but goes far enough out to sea where you can not smell or sense land. Maybe a trip from
San Diego to Hawaii. Next week we are making a special trip to So Cal to see my grandson’s band play. And there will be many trips to see grandchildren. Yes there are a lot of projects around the house to complete. I also plan on volunteering. I will find the locations of Christian Music Festival. I hope to get some vacation relief jobs through out the years. That money will be fun money to make the trips bigger.
I don’t feel lucky. I paid my dues. But I am fortunate that I can retire comfortably.
