Retirement is one of those “great unknowns”...it could be boring or full of strange twists and turns.
This year is an example of all of them...it started off slow and by April had taken a turn toward the wild side. January, February and March rolled along with the normal few consulting jobs and a little “body overhaul”...knee surgery.
We are not gambler, however, our good friends are. They had been asking us to join them at Coushatta Casino in Louisiana, a two hour drive away, for a night. We did, fed the slot machines, had a nice meal and turned in.
At 5:30 the next morning the “turn toward the wild side” occurred. Finding your cell phone at 5:30, deep in sleep, isn’t that easy. Half asleep I answered..”hello”? My contact, an always perky person said...”How soon can you get to Houma Louis.iana and work with us on the BP oil spill”? I woke up quickly after that! “Late this afternoon” I replied. He replied...”Ok, come prepared to stay thirty days”.
Three months later I was finally released...see earlier blog entry.
I am now three months behind on my consulting committments and ready to settle down to a somewhat more predictable routine when another turn toward the wild side occurred. I had two TIA (transient ischemic attacks...mini-stokes...no damage but a real eye opener). Oh...and my blood sugar, cholesterol, thyroid and everything else was “out of whack”. Seem like working seven days a week, ten to fourteen hours a day, are not that good for a sixty five year old!
Well that was twenty five pounds, many mile of walking and an adherence to a diabetic diet ago. The odd part was that I never felt bad before, during or after this adventure, however, all my blood work now pronounces me back to normal.
So once again I headed out to catch up on my previous commitments and spend a little time in the retirement mode (remember “I am retired”).
Now, with Thanksgiving just around the corner and Christmas not far away, we have caught up on most of the commitments and had no new adventures...thank you!
