{"id":58140,"date":"2021-11-22T07:38:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T14:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=58140"},"modified":"2021-11-26T04:49:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T11:49:05","slug":"marys-last-day-of-work-at-the-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=58140","title":{"rendered":"Mary&#8217;s Last Day Of Work (&#8230;At The Office)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>I love how in horror movies, the person will ask, &#8220;Is anyone there?&#8221; As if the killer would say, &#8220;Oh yeah, I&#8217;m in the kitchen. Want a sandwich?&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s Monday, a very special Monday, so here goes the song of the week from my old memories.\u00a0 \u00a0I remember 1958 well. I danced to his music in the gym in high school; they called them sock-hops!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Poor Little Fool - Ricky Nelson\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_5UDiQC3RDs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Today is a special day.\u00a0 <strong>Mary goes to work for the last time! It&#8217;s<\/strong> a little scary, primarily since she has worked since she was fourteen.\u00a0 Forty-three years a doctor taking care of others, now all she has is me to take care of.<\/p>\n<p>I am looking forward to having her to myself every day without her departing for Huntington Beach twice a week!\u00a0 She is not too sure, but the fun is just about to start!!!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57909\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57909\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-57909\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-13-013-650x595.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-13-013-650x595.png 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-13-013-150x137.png 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-13-013-768x703.png 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-13-013.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-57909\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Look out world, here we come!!!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I remember well the day I hung up my hat, which was 5359 days ago\u00a0 ( 14 Years, 8 Months, and 1 Day).\u00a0 We celebrated this evening, and I tried to get her to sing along with Willie Nelson!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Johnny Paycheck - Take This Job And Shove It (Audio)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gj2iGAifSNI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While Mary worked, I also worked around the house.\u00a0 I cleaned up the leaves from yesterday&#8217;s windstorm, straightened up the workbench, put away the slow-cooker meal, walked Five Miles, did some wash, and went to Home Depot.\u00a0 I finally got cleaned up at 4:00 PM and headed to Mary&#8217;s work for the last time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-58144 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/happy-retirement-banner-colorful-vector-illustration-ball-balloons-isolated-white-background-184552083-e1637674677850-650x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/happy-retirement-banner-colorful-vector-illustration-ball-balloons-isolated-white-background-184552083-e1637674677850-650x228.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/happy-retirement-banner-colorful-vector-illustration-ball-balloons-isolated-white-background-184552083-e1637674677850-150x53.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/happy-retirement-banner-colorful-vector-illustration-ball-balloons-isolated-white-background-184552083-e1637674677850-768x269.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/happy-retirement-banner-colorful-vector-illustration-ball-balloons-isolated-white-background-184552083-e1637674677850.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The traffic was heavy, but I was on a mission.\u00a0 When I arrived, Mary had been the center of attention all day.\u00a0 She was wearing her Retirement Crown!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_58152\" style=\"width: 609px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58152\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58152\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pix-4509.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pix-4509.jpg 599w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pix-4509-91x150.jpg 91w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-58152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lookin&#8217; good Doctor Mary!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We needed to get to Patty&#8217;s Place to start celebrating.\u00a0 Remember, you&#8217;ll never have to ask for a day off ever again! We decided we would leave her stuff at the office, go over Friday with the van, and pick it up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58165\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pix-4511.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"381\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pix-4511.jpg 381w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pix-4511-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mary was escorted in, and everybody wished her Happy Birthday because of the hat; we had a good laugh about that!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_58160\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58160\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-58160\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-0-650x881.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-0-650x881.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-0-111x150.jpg 111w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-0-768x1041.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-0-1133x1536.jpg 1133w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-0-1511x2048.jpg 1511w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-0.jpg 1559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-58160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You, my subjects, may now be seated!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Everybody got there right on time with David and Dianne leading the parade of merrymakers, or should I say Mary makers?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_58157\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58157\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-58157\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-4-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-4-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-4-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-4-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-4-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-58157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Always a smile,<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dianne is always a pleasure to be around!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_58158\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58158\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-58158\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-5-650x760.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-5-650x760.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-5-128x150.jpg 128w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-5-768x898.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-5-1313x1536.jpg 1313w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-5-1751x2048.jpg 1751w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-5.jpg 1806w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-58158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Great friends!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Becky and Mary make a chip-shot toast to Mary&#8217;s retirement.\u00a0 Remember: Think about retirement as being two six-month holidays per year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_58156\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58156\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-58156\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-3-650x403.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-3-650x403.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-3-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-3-768x476.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-3-1536x953.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-3.jpg 1886w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-58156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mother and daughter time! Becky enjoyed the party! Retirement isn&#8217;t the end of the road, but just a turn in the road.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was an enjoyable evening of fun with family and friends.\u00a0 We missed Dan this evening, but he had an engagement he had to make, but we got Becky, and that was good.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_58159\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58159\" class=\"wp-image-58159 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-5-e1637675929451-650x302.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-5-e1637675929451-650x302.png 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-5-e1637675929451-150x70.png 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-5-e1637675929451-768x357.png 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-5-e1637675929451-1536x713.png 1536w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-5-e1637675929451-2048x951.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-58159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We are there<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Come a little bit vloder!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58205\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-8-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-8-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-8-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-8-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-8-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-8-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Robin came directly from work since work was a 1\/2 mile away!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_58154\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58154\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-58154\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-1-650x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-1-650x525.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-1-150x121.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-1-768x621.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-1.jpg 1484w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-58154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We found Patty&#8217;s Place, our happy place!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I had no idea what to get Dr. Mary, so I decided roses would make her happy, one for each year she practiced medicine.\u00a0 She will have to count them when we get home! I reminded Mary, &#8220;The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_58155\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58155\" class=\"wp-image-58155 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-2-650x423.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-2-650x423.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-2-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-2-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-2-1536x1000.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monday-2-2048x1333.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-58155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We are going to have a lot of fun together!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We headed home and crashed; it was an exciting day. No more getting up early unless we want to, and goodbye 22 (the freeway)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-58166\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pix-4510-650x658.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"439\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pix-4510-650x658.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pix-4510-148x150.jpg 148w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pix-4510-768x777.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pix-4510.jpg 856w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love how in horror movies, the person will ask, &#8220;Is anyone there?&#8221; As if the killer would say, &#8220;Oh yeah, I&#8217;m in the kitchen. Want a sandwich?&#8221; It&#8217;s Monday, a very special Monday, so here goes the song of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=58140\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,24,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-food-and-wine","category-friends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58140"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58206,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58140\/revisions\/58206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}