Yes the countdown to my last day of work is at ZERO and I am into the minutes now. It has been a good week and a day of mixed emotions. I cut the lock on my locker on Tuesday and cleaned out my locker in the plant. I threw everything away. The lock was stuck, it has been years since I have used it possibly 10 years. There was popcorn, tuna, peanut butter cheese crackers, can of soup, Vienna sausage, frying pan, tooth brush, tooth paste, my original hard hat, a set of scrubs, can opener and a folder with a bunch of family tree stuff. I did keep the family tree folder.
Today has been filled with mixed emotions. The guys got me teary eyed in the morning briefing and I just could not help it. I am Happy not mad or sad geeesh so why the tears? I reckon it is just me and I will always be that way. The guys in the office brought me in a cake and at lunch we celebrated a bit.... I started making rounds to tell folks bye and got teary eyed again so had to quit that for a bit. I had many folks come by to say bye and wish me fun and good times. I had many reminisce with me some of the good times and things that have occurred along the way. I assure you they were the better times at GGNS. I had many hugs and for the most part finally got to the point that I shed no tears. I made short stops throughout the afternoon in the different departments to say by, so as not to lose the tears. Now I just wait for the clock to tick on and would you believe my computer time is froze at 3:04 pm. I hope that is not a sign....
Tomorrow my new life will begin.... early as I plan to get up at the normal time or earlier to head to THE LAKEHOUSE.
My 1st day worked out Great! I left for Bama about 5:30 a.m. and before I got to the interstate I was again in tears...geeeesh. This is not part of my plan to be in tears as I approach my new life. Dang as I type this the tears come again, lol. You know 30 years is a long time and I guess I know that like high school many of these friends I have spent so much of my life with I will never see again. I know that several have retired before me over the last 5 years or so and I have not seen many of them at all. I do plan to keep contact and maybe even go to the training center and eat lunch sometime when I am bored in Vicksburg or just need to remind myself how bad I hate training.
I really had a nice day, I unloaded my things and got most of them put away. Pat has really gotten lots of things done while I have been gone and the lake level is so high... darn I should have taken a picture today. I had stopped in Tuscaloosa at Lowe's and bought 6 rose shrub so 0nce I found the perfect spot, Pat set 3 of them out for me. I will find the perfect spot for the others tomorrow. I put miracle grow on my garden today and will actually have some cherry tomatoes to pick soon. I got so sleepy sitting out on the patio under the fans... ok I actually fell asleep. I took a shower and just plain crawled in bed for a nap.. that's what retired folks do? Technically I am on vacation until the 24Th of June. I am not a napper but it did feel good today.
I have so much I want to do that I don't know where to start and strangely I have not had time to make a plan, lol. I don't even feel pressured to hurry... because I have so much more time to do them than I did. I think I will just spoil myself until Monday and then develope me a daily routine. I guess I will be on an emotional roller coaster at times until a few days after that final checkout date.
