Home every day, pestering her husband for the last 1,000 days!
Just before Thanksgiving two years ago, Dr. Mary pulled the switch, and she, like me, was worried about money, being bored to death, and all the other things that might happen when one stops doing what you have been doing for your entire life!
She pulled the switch, and now she wonders how we can slow down and smell the grass! Money is no issue and are certainly not borde. Our difficulty is getting time to fit in everything we want to do in the time we have remaining!
We dance, we travel, we work in the garden, we have adventures with our dear friends, we keep the house running—we are like a pair of Energizer Bunnies.
We are on the go!
Today, we worked in the garden and cleaned up the HeShed so we could walk inside. We were so busy that we did not hear Joe and the boys come by and take away the patio umbrella on the front patio!
It has a new home!
We jumped into the pool and paddled around like a pair of ducks for a good hour. That really quacks me up!
Off she goes!
Mary fixed an excellent breakfast of bacon and eggs with grapefruit. We continued doing inside things, including laundry and feeding Scout, the Wonder Dog.
We worked in the office, and Becky called Mom, and they chatted for 30 minutes.
We had an Iced Latte courtesy of the neighbors’ girls, and then we hosed down the front patio to remove the dirt from the old umbrella. We rearranged the table and chairs, and now we have more room!
The cooking bug bit Mary and now her kitchen looks like a science lab experiment gone wrong, with applesauce everywhere and kale chips flying through the air! Yummy!!
Oh dear, it was time to take dinner to Dianne, so we got cleaned up and headed to In-N-Out. Mary popped in and out of the hospital, and we were happy that Dianne was taking care of herself. She is lovely, and I know what taking care of our loved ones is like; you must take care of yourself! We brought her a six-pack!
We got home around 6:40 pm and called to see if our reservations were still good at Chez Smith, the local watering hole. Indeed, the patio was open for business, so Mary and I filled our plastic wine glasses and sashayed over to sit a spell with Jed around the cement pond!
We visited for an hour, sharing those things that never really happened! You know what they say: ” The First liar doesn’t stand a chance!”
We checked with Jeff, and the Porch Lite is lit!
We stumbled back home around 8:30 pm and, like moths to a flame, made a beeline for the pool. We paddled, chatted, chuckled, and turned into human raisins before we realized it was time to bail out!
What do retirees do upon extracting themselves from a pool at 10:00 p.m.? We sat by the fire, warmed our feet, and continued telling stories and sharing. In my case, I hope that the thong does not shrink because it could be challenging to explain my body having a soprano voice.
I was sitting by the fire after a “midnight” swim!
We sat for another hour and then realized we better hit the hay because we have to be up at the crack of dawn, 5:00 am, to make it to the doctor’s appointment at 6:30 am in Los Alamitos! Who schedules appointments for the crack of dawn anyway? I’ll call it a zombie check-up because that’s what I’ll look like at that hour!
Two feet, one fire, what a retiree is like!
We completed Mary’s 1000th-day anniversary, deciding she did the right thing. We also placed an order for a time shoehorn to see if that will assist us in cramming 30 hours of activity into a 24-hour day!
