I'm more rested today and ready to face my therapist, and my husband's last day of work. Our two sons and I are taking him out to dinner. All the other kids are away. I think he's so exhausted he will need the rest of the summer just to orient himself. It will be interesting to see how he structures his time and what he chooses to do. I didn't really retire, as my daughter became and ill, and after she was better, which took several years, I just never went back to teaching. I have not missed it, I must say. I think I was a good teacher, but I felt the time had come to be a student again, and I've loved the shift. I grew up in rural areas, where we had to entertain ourselves. I was often by myself, walking in the woods, biking to the river, reading. I still love to read, listen to music, write, see art, knit, sew, do collages, visit friends, take myself to lunch and a movie. The time flies, and it feels wonderful to have more control over my days. I also love to travel, but haven't done as much of that in recent years. Perhaps now that my husband is retired, we will take trips, and I will feel freer to travel on my own.
My friend's visit has made me realize I have people to see and places I could be, and it would be fun. But, home or away, retirement agrees with me.
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