Waking up at 3:30am (that's not the nice part), moaning to myself that I have to get up for work in a couple hours and then the sudden realization as the sleep haze lessened that: "No I don't. I have the next three days off."
Almost as nice as the news the other evening that the first pension payment had been deposited into my savings account.
Yes, I suppose I am officially retired!! Imagine that. For so long, I have avoided uttering that word. I now have physical documents saying: "Congratulations on your retirement." Though I am planning to keep working for ..... Well I don't know how long ..... Ten more years? Three more years? Next Tuesday? But it's freeing to know that I could reach any given moment in any given day and just decide to go home for the day ...... and never return!!
That's how I want to go out. I don't want to give notice ahead of time. I don't want a countdown of weeks and days. I don't want a bunch of sad goodbyes. I don't want to walk away knowing that it's the final time.
I just want to decide at some random glorious point that I'm not returning.
And today, I kinda want to gift myself a retirement present. I've been thinking about new headphones.
Are there any stereo shops remaining in this town?
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