Jul 30 2008
Retired - What I DON’T Miss
Retired - What I DON’T Miss - Not a Bit!
- Early Rising: That darn alarm clock
- Commuting: That long drive in (and then back again)
- Time Clocks: After 35 years of work, having to punch a time clock for the past five years just seemed like an insult.
- Meetings: Once, many years ago, I climbed up onto the conference table and laid there, in a fetal position, during the most tiresome meeting I’d ever had to attend.
- Contributions and Charity Campaigns: I don’t even have to explain this one.
- Downtown Environs: Parking, Panhandlers, Potheads and Prostitutes. (Okay, so there were no streetwalkers during the day, but I love the alliteration.)
- Five days-a-week, 8-to-5 routine: I started to rebel, come in late, leave early, etc.
- Politicians: There were two types, first the elected officeholders, and second, the “players” who always were positioning themselves, physically and otherwise, next to the “face time” people. (I now realize I was one of these “players.” I don’t miss that game at all.)
Hmmm…my “DON’T Miss list is longer than yesterday’s “What I Miss” list. Nuff said.
Retired and Relaxed.
