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May 22--Official
Ok, I am now officially retired, as of Thursday. It was a busy week up until then with final exams, graduation, and cleaning things up. Friday morning I slept in until 7, which was a real treat. I woke up thinking I had stuff to do, but I didn't.
Yesterday's to-do list. I did a lot more than that, but it was nice not to have a whole list of things that had to be done. I fixed the drip irrigation in the front, went to the hardware store, prepped some bread dough for baking this morning (I can smell it baking now), and watched half a movie.
At some point, I started posting a photo countdown. Not for every day--pretty much just random odd days. I started with this old one from 2013, which is my avatar here. Twenty-nine has been a special number for me since way back.
On my last day of work, we had a faculty meeting--a real in-person meeting at the house of our program director. It was the first time we had all seen each other in person since March 15, 2020. We have all been vaccinated. I gave my final presentation as the medical-surgical content expert, and then we had a retirement party for me and my colleague, who was also retiring. I'm not generally one for parties, but I really enjoyed this. I received lots and lots of well-wishes from former students. It felt good.
Photographically speaking, this was my favorite of the countdown pictures. Everything came from our garden, which is doing really great this year. I have all sorts of roses blooming out front, and there are a trio of little old ladies who walk by every day and comment on them. They stop and smell the roses. I can see them from my office window. I came out and said hi one day, and they told me how much they like our front yard.
The photo for my final day. All my favorite little characters from my desk and my Hello Kitty lecture box. A lot of this stuff was given to me by students over the years, so it has special meaning. The Hello Kitty rock was a gift from my boss after we successfully gained national accreditation for our nursing program.
What's next? Who knows.
Yesterday's to-do list. I did a lot more than that, but it was nice not to have a whole list of things that had to be done. I fixed the drip irrigation in the front, went to the hardware store, prepped some bread dough for baking this morning (I can smell it baking now), and watched half a movie.
At some point, I started posting a photo countdown. Not for every day--pretty much just random odd days. I started with this old one from 2013, which is my avatar here. Twenty-nine has been a special number for me since way back.
On my last day of work, we had a faculty meeting--a real in-person meeting at the house of our program director. It was the first time we had all seen each other in person since March 15, 2020. We have all been vaccinated. I gave my final presentation as the medical-surgical content expert, and then we had a retirement party for me and my colleague, who was also retiring. I'm not generally one for parties, but I really enjoyed this. I received lots and lots of well-wishes from former students. It felt good.
Photographically speaking, this was my favorite of the countdown pictures. Everything came from our garden, which is doing really great this year. I have all sorts of roses blooming out front, and there are a trio of little old ladies who walk by every day and comment on them. They stop and smell the roses. I can see them from my office window. I came out and said hi one day, and they told me how much they like our front yard.
The photo for my final day. All my favorite little characters from my desk and my Hello Kitty lecture box. A lot of this stuff was given to me by students over the years, so it has special meaning. The Hello Kitty rock was a gift from my boss after we successfully gained national accreditation for our nursing program.
What's next? Who knows.