No, that's not a typo. You know how in some books there are pages in the front before the book really starts? They're numbered i, ii, iii, iv, and so on. Yesterday was day i. We've moved the trailer out of storage into Yucaipa Regional Park, where we're staying for 3 nights before we hit the road. This way we can load everything into it, make lists of what we still need from the house, and I can go to work 5 minutes away instead of 20.
So I took off from work around 2 and joined Don over at the park. He'd set up an hour or so earlier. We enjoyed sitting outside in the cool shade for a while, set up the TV and satellite dish, ate a dinner of chicken, rice a roni, and salad, and then relaxed in the evening before he crashed early. He was tired. I stayed up and watched TV until 11, and did a little stitching on a colorful owl cross stitch piece.
The night was great for sleeping - must have gotten down in the low 50s. I had to close the windows because it was almost too chilly. I'm so glad we put the two memory foam pads on the bed in the trailer - it's so comfortable that it's not an adjustment at all.
So, today is day ii, I'm at work (working hard, can you tell?) until noon. Then I've been invited to lunch with the high school English Department. If I hadn't become president I'd be teaching with them, so it's very kind of them to include me in their end-of-year lunch. There are 4 of them, plus me, retiring, and Patrick will be leaving to be president - so there will be big changes.
That's it for now. Only 1 more day of my career after today.
Showing posts with label Retirement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Retirement. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
Getting Closer! and Winter Plans
Today is the first of three retirement parties. This is the one that the teachers' association (of which I'm the president) puts on. For the first time in 8 years I won't be the emcee - I've turned that over to the current VP and incoming president. This time maybe I'll win a door prize!
We just committed to winter in North Carolina. Yes, winter. I'll be volunteering at the W. Kerr Scott Dam Visitor Center and Environmental Education Center from the last week in December (right after Christmas) for at least 2 months. I will actually USE the Environmental Education master's degree I earned 10 years ago.
Why North Carolina? And why winter? Well, first of all, we have our big Canada-Alaska trip planned for the summer. Then we'll stay home for a couple of months, wanted to go somewhere to escape the winter snows. Remember my gripes about the shoveling? We might get ice storms and some cold temps in Wilkesboro, but shouldn't have to shovel. Secondly, I have a sister in Cary and a sister-in-law in Fuquay-Varina, both about 3 hours away. We'll stay at Jordan Lake a week or so before Christmas and spend it with them, and my mother's coming from Texas and another sister's coming from San Francisco. A bit of a mini-reunion. So it's an opportunity to see family that I haven't seen since my brother died 5 years ago.
Thirdly, I researched all the winter fishing opportunities for the area, and Don's going to be fine. Not only will there be good fishing in the lake, but he can fish the Yadkin River and go up into the mountains if the weather's not too bad.
So retirement is going to be busy!
13 more work days.
We just committed to winter in North Carolina. Yes, winter. I'll be volunteering at the W. Kerr Scott Dam Visitor Center and Environmental Education Center from the last week in December (right after Christmas) for at least 2 months. I will actually USE the Environmental Education master's degree I earned 10 years ago.
Why North Carolina? And why winter? Well, first of all, we have our big Canada-Alaska trip planned for the summer. Then we'll stay home for a couple of months, wanted to go somewhere to escape the winter snows. Remember my gripes about the shoveling? We might get ice storms and some cold temps in Wilkesboro, but shouldn't have to shovel. Secondly, I have a sister in Cary and a sister-in-law in Fuquay-Varina, both about 3 hours away. We'll stay at Jordan Lake a week or so before Christmas and spend it with them, and my mother's coming from Texas and another sister's coming from San Francisco. A bit of a mini-reunion. So it's an opportunity to see family that I haven't seen since my brother died 5 years ago.
Thirdly, I researched all the winter fishing opportunities for the area, and Don's going to be fine. Not only will there be good fishing in the lake, but he can fish the Yadkin River and go up into the mountains if the weather's not too bad.
So retirement is going to be busy!
13 more work days.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
My Big Day
Yesterday was what I would call a momentous day. Three significant events occurred - and I've turned the corner to start the big countdown.
1) At lunch, I met with a friend, Linda, who shared with me her two giant scrapbooks of her trip up the Al-Can Highway to Fairbanks and Anchorage and then back down to the US. It jump-started my planning for our trip this coming summer - and I came back to the office and immediately got online to order a couple of books. (Milepost and another guide to camping along the highway in the Yukon and Alaska) Now the actual planning begins!
2) At 4:00 a notary came to my office to meet with me and my husband, and we signed all the final paperwork to refinance our house. This is a big deal to us since we knocked our mortgage payment down nearly $400/month - from $1087 to $709. We now have a bit more ready cash to pay off some bills.
3) At 4:45 I made it to the district office in time to turn in my retirement papers. Since the district is offering an incentive, and set 25 as the "magic number" of people it needed for the incentive to "go," I was thrilled to learn that we have 33 already. So I'm retiring, officially, on June 2nd!!!!!!!!!
As of today, there are exactly 100 school days left to go! The widget on my sidebar shows how long including weekends and holidays.
1) At lunch, I met with a friend, Linda, who shared with me her two giant scrapbooks of her trip up the Al-Can Highway to Fairbanks and Anchorage and then back down to the US. It jump-started my planning for our trip this coming summer - and I came back to the office and immediately got online to order a couple of books. (Milepost and another guide to camping along the highway in the Yukon and Alaska) Now the actual planning begins!
2) At 4:00 a notary came to my office to meet with me and my husband, and we signed all the final paperwork to refinance our house. This is a big deal to us since we knocked our mortgage payment down nearly $400/month - from $1087 to $709. We now have a bit more ready cash to pay off some bills.
3) At 4:45 I made it to the district office in time to turn in my retirement papers. Since the district is offering an incentive, and set 25 as the "magic number" of people it needed for the incentive to "go," I was thrilled to learn that we have 33 already. So I'm retiring, officially, on June 2nd!!!!!!!!!
As of today, there are exactly 100 school days left to go! The widget on my sidebar shows how long including weekends and holidays.
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