Well, it's been August since I last posted--so much for the "I'm going to write every day" goal. A lot has happened since I last blogged--I really retired, and I am planning a move to Georgia from Florida. Can you say "Let's choose two of the biggest stressors in life and voluntarily jump right in"?
After many years of teaching, I finally retired on May 7th. Love it, love it, love it! I can now do everything I always wanted to do, right? Oh, wait--now I have no money, so forget the summer in Europe, the writing workshops, conferences, and retreats. Never thought of that, did I? I suppose it goes right along with the Scarlett O'Hara Complex that I wrote about last year. Ah'll just think about it tomorrah y'all.
Oddly enough, that transitions nicely into my second stressor--moving to Georgia. Everytime I go the the Atlanta area and pass by the Jonesboro exit off of I-75, I think about Scarlett and her charming way of procrastinating. We found a nice starter home in the middle of Barrow County--about 15 miles from Athens. It is out in the country and is in a very peaceful setting, but the journey from here to there has been filled with potholes and roadblocks. The house is a short sale and is subject to approval by both the sellers and the banks. Let me tell you, if you want to get into a house in hurry, don't pursue a short sale. We have been waiting for final approval for over 2 months--every time we think that we are coming down the home stretch, something happens to postpone the closing. AAAAHHHH! It's all good.
Back to retirement. I have seen so many people retire and the die within a few months. Did they retire because of poor health, or did they develop problems because they retired? This is the "Chicken or the Egg" conundrum. Of course, on the day of my retirement, I had to go to the doctor because I thought I was having a heart attack. It was a false alarm, and I am wondering if the way I view retirement caused the symptoms I had. Cool, now I'm retired, but I have become a neurotic hypochondriac.
I am setting goals for myself--I have signed up for an on-line writer's workshop on Freelance Writing, I bought a number of reference books, and I subscribed to Writer's Digest. That ought to do it. Now I just have to actually write. And I am. And I found out something about myself--I think I am going to like retirement.
After many years of teaching, I finally retired on May 7th. Love it, love it, love it! I can now do everything I always wanted to do, right? Oh, wait--now I have no money, so forget the summer in Europe, the writing workshops, conferences, and retreats. Never thought of that, did I? I suppose it goes right along with the Scarlett O'Hara Complex that I wrote about last year. Ah'll just think about it tomorrah y'all.
Oddly enough, that transitions nicely into my second stressor--moving to Georgia. Everytime I go the the Atlanta area and pass by the Jonesboro exit off of I-75, I think about Scarlett and her charming way of procrastinating. We found a nice starter home in the middle of Barrow County--about 15 miles from Athens. It is out in the country and is in a very peaceful setting, but the journey from here to there has been filled with potholes and roadblocks. The house is a short sale and is subject to approval by both the sellers and the banks. Let me tell you, if you want to get into a house in hurry, don't pursue a short sale. We have been waiting for final approval for over 2 months--every time we think that we are coming down the home stretch, something happens to postpone the closing. AAAAHHHH! It's all good.
Back to retirement. I have seen so many people retire and the die within a few months. Did they retire because of poor health, or did they develop problems because they retired? This is the "Chicken or the Egg" conundrum. Of course, on the day of my retirement, I had to go to the doctor because I thought I was having a heart attack. It was a false alarm, and I am wondering if the way I view retirement caused the symptoms I had. Cool, now I'm retired, but I have become a neurotic hypochondriac.
I am setting goals for myself--I have signed up for an on-line writer's workshop on Freelance Writing, I bought a number of reference books, and I subscribed to Writer's Digest. That ought to do it. Now I just have to actually write. And I am. And I found out something about myself--I think I am going to like retirement.
1 comment:
Oh, VERY cool! I hope you get word on your house soon. What a pain to have to wait all that time. "Short sale" would imply that they wanted to sell it in a short amount of time. Guess not. ;o)
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