Day Ten of my recent retirement,,,

[aarondhgraham]

I officially retired from my job at OSU,,,
Friday, 08 Jan 2021 was my last day on the job.

It's now the tenth day of my retirement,,,
And I haven't done one worthwhile thing yet.

I'm still in a bit of shock I think,,,
Last Friday I awoke in a panic because I was late for work.

Took about 1 minute to get past that,,,
But it was a few seconds of mental discomfort.

This week will be different though,,,
When I finish my morning surfing I'm going grocery shopping.

Afterwords I'll stop into my favorite restaurant/bar for an afternoon pitcher,,,
Then come home and do my meal prep cooking for the week.

I do have my Mauser es340b all cleaned up and ready to shoot.

If the Wednesday's weather turns out to be what's predicted,,,
I think I'll hit the range with 50 rounds of good ammo,,,
And shoot them at a 100 yard silhouette target.

Nothing rapid fire or too wasteful of ammo,,,
Just some leisurely plinking to see if I can get an actual group.

I'm loving the free leisure time,,,
But I miss the company of my co-workers.

Aarond

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[DavidMcmillan]

Congratulations, you are going to love your new life.

 

[Dale00]

Interesting. Grab life by the horns as you see best!

 

[rickm]

Hell your just on a short vacation now give it some time and then it will really set in.
My last day on the job was Aug 31 2020 and the wife is about to kill me or her to get one of us out of our missery lol, winter time is not the right time to retire and sit at home.

 

[Aries]

I have a friend who says whenever he tells someone he is retired, they always ask, "What do you do all day?" He said he asks them, what do you do on Saturdays? Whatever their answer is, he says, "That's what I do EVERY day."

 

[Profreedomokie]

Most people don't know that is a little hard to get used to at first. Jan. 1st of last year was it for me. I was 13 weeks shy of 40 years in a P666 refinery. I was there about 45 years counting the overtime. The crazy thing for me was I was planning on working another 3 or 4 years. I was at a meeting in Dec. of 2019 and a friend ask me if I had looked at the numbers our retirement money was based on. I told him I was thinking about it for a few more years. He told me I should look at the numbers so I did. I was about fed up with the harassment from management and about to talk to a lawyer anyway. So the money looked right and I retired in 3 days. Like everyone says you miss some of the people but, not the job. I'm glad I got out when I did. This morning on the news they were talking about Biden's energy plan will kill the oil industry and cost millions of jobs.

 

[Chief Sapulpa]

...
But I miss the company of my co-workers...

I can understand completely; in 2005 I tried to take a one year sabbatical from work. I lived a mile from Galveston Bay and had a sweet Boston Whaler and went fishing every day. I detailed my cars and got caught up on honey-do projects. Four months later I was ready to go back to work. I missed my colleagues and the mental stimulation of working.
At almost 72, I'm getting fired from my current job on May 15th with a reasonable severance package and then I'll file for unemployment.

 

[Jcann]

I retired in Aug. of 2015 on a Friday. Started my new career with a private company doing what I did the following Monday. It's okay but I miss the clowns at the old circus.

 

[druryj]

I don't miss a single darn thing about working.

 

[Cowbaby]

That's me. I learned along time ago some people live to work and other people work to live.
I guess you could say I am firmly encamped in the later.