1:18 p.m. - 2008-06-02
RETIREMENT is NOT for Sissies!
Monday, June 02, 2008
Welcome back to our Retirement! It's Day 4 of the actual retirement but it seems like Day 1. Husband now to be know as RH (retired husband) usually had Friday and the weekend off so today (Monday) seems like his first real day without pay!
So far, he has lost his temper about 89,753,402 times! I don't think he has quite grasped the concept of relaxation and stress-free living! Guess he needs to work on that. However, inbetween frustations, he has managed to weedwack and mow the lawn, weed the flower bed, pull out some plants that were being covered by others, cut the bushes down to a crewcut and cut the utility cord twice including zapping his thumb and first finger pretty deeply too!
He hasn't figured out that the world does not work as quickly and efficiently as he did/does. Methinks he is going to become a bit more curmudgeonly until he gets through this transition period!
CUR MUD GEON (KER MUD GEE ON) CRUSTY, ILL-TEMPERED, AND USUALLY AN OLD MAN.
"Curmudgeon- An ill-tempered person full of resentment and stubborn notions."
Au Contraire!
If you're bright enough and old enough...
and the fairytales have all fallen...and you see life as it really is...
and you're willing to admit that life ain't what they told ya'...
Then you too are a Curmudgeon.
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On the plus side, he booked a 3 night stay in Wendover, Nv. for June 26th through June 29th. We will fly direct to Wendover and stay in a casino/hotel. It was a package deal advertised in our local newspaper. We are looking forward to that.
We also have a dear BIL coming to visit sometime this week. We have a very dear old friend coming from Florida to stay with her sister for 3 weeks and we plan to see her for a long lunch. We also have another couple coming June 24th and we are going to dinner to celebrate their second anniversary. After we return from Nevada, we are going to meet my cousin and her husband over July 4th in Kankakee, Il. to catch up. Then, I leave on July 7th for Texas to visit my two sisters for 2 weeks.
Our social calendar has filled up quite quickly for the first part of summer.
It's like everyday is Saturday!
We went out for a very late breakfast yesterday. I couldn't believe that both of us slept until 11:00 A.M! Then, we went for a drive in the country and enjoyed the sunshine and warm breezes. We came back home and read the paper on the front porch and just enjoyed the peace and quiet of the day.
Now....it's time for a retirement joke.....
A farmer went out one day and bought a brand new stud rooster for his chicken coop to replace an old rooster who was pretty mucn in retirement. The new rooster struts over to the old rooster and says, "OK old fart, time for you to retire for good. You should have been in retirement a long time ago."
The old rooster replies, "Come on, surely you cannot handle all of these chickens. Look what it has done to me. Can't you just let me have the two old hens and three or four young hens? This will save you from having to enter retirement before your time."
The young rooster says, "Beat it: You are washed up and I am taking over. Full retirement will do you good."
The old rooster says, "I tell you what, young stud. I will race you around the farmhouse. Whoever wins gets the exclusive domain over the entire chicken coop."
The young rooster laughs. "You know you don't stand a chance, old man. So, just to be fair, I will give you a head start."
The old rooster takes off running. About 15 seconds later the young rooster takes off running after him. They round the front porch of the farmhouse and the young rooster has closed the gap. He is only about 5 feet behind the old rooster and gaining fast. The farmer, meanwhile, is sitting in his usual spot on the front porch when he sees the roosters running by.
The Old Rooster is squalking and running as hard as he can. The Farmer grabs his shotgun and � BOOM! ! He blows the young rooster to bits and pieces � the ultimate retirement for him � long before his time.
The farmer sadly shakes his head and says, "Dammit � third gay rooster I bought this month."
The moral of this story is straightforward! Don't mess with the older, retired individuals of this world. Age, skill, wisdom, and a little treachery always overcome youth and arrogance!
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So, my final thought today is that we may be retired but we are not old!
