Where in the World Isn't Bob Saget?

[Goofyernmost]

Just kidding, the air quality alert was actually through  Thursday at noon. That's the problem with having summers off... you lose track of what day it is.

Yes, and that is indeed one of the down sides of retirement. You are forced to have a calendar handy all the time and even then it can take some time to figure out what day it is. Aging is such a fun sport.

 

[Goofyernmost]

That’s not me.
Haircut isn’t until Thursday.

Know how you can tell? No sunglasses!

 

[JenniferS]

Know how you can tell? No sunglasses!

Exactly.

 

[PUSH]

Yes, and that is indeed one of the down sides of retirement. You are forced to have a calendar handy all the time and even then it can take some time to figure out what day it is. Aging is such a fun sport.

I have no consistent plans for another week and a half, and I'm honestly looking forward to being busy again.

I'm not really enjoying doing nothing. It's only been a week since my vacation, and I'm missing being around others and having something to do.

 

[SteveBrickNJ]

I have no consistent plans for another week and a half, and I'm honestly looking forward to being busy again.

I'm not really enjoying doing nothing. It's only been a week since my vacation, and I'm missing being around others and having something to do.

That is what I worry about regarding my future (not yet determined) retirement. I am concerned I will feel lonely and not productive.

 

[JenniferS]

That is what I worry about regarding my future (not yet determined) retirement. I am concerned I will feel lonely and not productive.

Mike and I have been off work for the better part of two years (thanks COVID), and I can share what we’ve done.

1 - Bought a trailer and travelled last summer
2 - Mike completed the gruelling final 6 months of his real estate course
3 - I moved in with Auntie for 2 months to care for her in her final months
4 - I started volunteering 2-3 days/week at a food kitchen
5 - Watched a lot of baseball

Yeah, sometimes it’s boring, but I’m a pretty laid back (polite word for lazy) person. That being said, now that we’re gearing up to go back to work in a few months, I’m beyond excited.

 

[PUSH]

Also, just as an update, the golfing trip is on. My friend does not have to work on Friday. I know everyone was wondering.

 

[SteveBrickNJ]

Mike and I have been off work for the better part of two years (thanks COVID), and I can share what we’ve done.

1 - Bought a trailer and travelled last summer
2 - Mike completed the gruelling final 6 months of his real estate course
3 - I moved in with Auntie for 2 months to care for her in her final months
4 - I started volunteering 2-3 days/week at a food kitchen
5 - Watched a lot of baseball

Yeah, sometimes it’s boring, but I’m a pretty laid back (polite word for lazy) person. That being said, now that we’re gearing up to go back to work in a few months, I’m beyond excited.

Thanks for sharing. It's helpful for sure.

 

[MinnieM123]

Mike and I have been off work for the better part of two years (thanks COVID), and I can share what we’ve done.

1 - Bought a trailer and travelled last summer
2 - Mike completed the gruelling final 6 months of his real estate course
3 - I moved in with Auntie for 2 months to care for her in her final months
4 - I started volunteering 2-3 days/week at a food kitchen
5 - Watched a lot of baseball

Yeah, sometimes it’s boring, but I’m a pretty laid back

Good for you. Whether it's an extended time off from work, or if it's retirement -- there's a world of options out there to explore!

 

[Lilofan]

That is what I worry about regarding my future (not yet determined) retirement. I am concerned I will feel lonely and not productive.

I met a fellow gym member who was bored after retiring as a school teacher. He was collecting his teachers pension and social security. He went back to work now is a substitute teacher and at times gets to teach 4-5 days a week. He still works out at 6am then goes to teach after that. I think he missed working with people . He looks younger than his age , in his early 70s.

Addition - he also loves being a substitute teacher. He said he doesn't have to prepare lesson plans.

 

[Goofyernmost]

That is what I worry about regarding my future (not yet determined) retirement. I am concerned I will feel lonely and not productive.

Here's how I see it. If you love what you do and feel you still can do it than by all means stay active for as long as possible. It seems that you, in particular, take advantage of your current schedule to get in a lot of travel and other outside activity right now. As long as it is financially solid to do that and more after retirement, you will never find yourself with nothing to do.

I loved the first few years of my retirement until physical problems started to affect my ability to do things. Also due to a lot of personal situations previous to retirement there was a limit to how much money I had to exist sans a regular income. One year I went to Atlanta for a fun AARP convention (they don't have them any more), I went to Augusta to the Masters, later in the year I went to the US Open and also made a trip back to Vermont and one to WDW. The next year I went to Europe (France, Italy and Spain) for a month including a 10 day trans-Atlantic cruise. I was anything but bored. I played golf twice a week, spent a lot of quality time with my family. Over the last 6 years I have been to WDW once and medically haven't been able to travel as much (especially those three glorious Covid years). I have spent a lot of time seeing doctors but that is part of life. It is what you make it until things that we cannot control introduce themselves and interfere with ones way of life.

There are so many choices and all of them hinge on ones desires and ones ability. I miss those bi-weekly paychecks I used to get so I could feel that I could spend on necessities and enjoyment because I knew whatever I spent I could make up with income. That is what I miss the most. The everyday "joy" of working started to fade away as I got to retirement age and had the same anxiety about retirement as everyone does, but I do not regret my decision. I wasn't expecting to be able to do things forever, but felt that since I started working full time the day after I graduated from college, when I found myself in Amarillo Texas in the USAF. That was in June of 1968 and I retired from work, not the USAF, in December 2010. That was 42 years of life and work and I was ready for a rest. I also worked part time though high school and college. I'm glad I retired when I did so I could have those few years before medical things brought me to a halt. (I did manage to avoid Covid, so far) So it is really what makes someone and those that they share their lives with happy.

 

[SteveBrickNJ]

Here's how I see it. If you love what you do and feel you still can do it than by all means stay active for as long as possible. It seems that you, in particular, take advantage of your current schedule to get in a lot of travel and other outside activity right now. As long as it is financially solid to do that and more after retirement, you will never find yourself with nothing to do.

I loved the first few years of my retirement until physical problems started to affect my ability to do things. Also due to a lot of personal situations previous to retirement there was a limit to how much money I had to exist sans a regular income. One year I went to Atlanta for a fun AARP convention (they don't have them any more), I went to Augusta to the Masters, later in the year I went to the US Open and also made a trip back to Vermont and one to WDW. The next year I went to Europe (France, Italy and Spain) for a month including a 10 day trans-Atlantic cruise. I was anything but bored. I played golf twice a week, spent a lot of quality time with my family. Over the last 6 years I have been to WDW once and medically haven't been able to travel as much (especially those three glorious Covid years). I have spent a lot of time seeing doctors but that is part of life. It is what you make it until things that we cannot control introduce themselves and interfere with ones way of life.

There are so many choices and all of them hinge on ones desires and ones ability. I miss those bi-weekly paychecks I used to get so I could feel that I could spend on necessities and enjoyment because I knew whatever I spent I could make up with income. That is what I miss the most. The everyday "joy" of working started to fade away as I got to retirement age and had the same anxiety about retirement as everyone does, but I do not regret my decision. I wasn't expecting to be able to do things forever, but felt that since I started working full time the day after I graduated from college, when I found myself in Amarillo Texas in the USAF. That was in June of 1968 and I retired in December 2010. That was 42 years of life and work and I was ready for a rest. I also worked part time though high school and college. I'm glad I retired when I did so I could have those few years before medical things brought me to a halt. (I did manage to avoid Covid, so far) So it is really what makes someone and those that they share their lives with happy.

Your entire post was very helpful and appreciated.
I especially liked the first paragraph.
My current thought is to teach two more school years and then retire in June of 2025 at age 63.
Yet that could change. Thanks again!

 

[Lilofan]

Here's how I see it. If you love what you do and feel you still can do it than by all means stay active for as long as possible. It seems that you, in particular, take advantage of your current schedule to get in a lot of travel and other outside activity right now. As long as it is financially solid to do that and more after retirement, you will never find yourself with nothing to do.

I loved the first few years of my retirement until physical problems started to affect my ability to do things. Also due to a lot of personal situations previous to retirement there was a limit to how much money I had to exist sans a regular income. One year I went to Atlanta for a fun AARP convention (they don't have them any more), I went to Augusta to the Masters, later in the year I went to the US Open and also made a trip back to Vermont and one to WDW. The next year I went to Europe (France, Italy and Spain) for a month including a 10 day trans-Atlantic cruise. I was anything but bored. I played golf twice a week, spent a lot of quality time with my family. Over the last 6 years I have been to WDW once and medically haven't been able to travel as much (especially those three glorious Covid years). I have spent a lot of time seeing doctors but that is part of life. It is what you make it until things that we cannot control introduce themselves and interfere with ones way of life.

There are so many choices and all of them hinge on ones desires and ones ability. I miss those bi-weekly paychecks I used to get so I could feel that I could spend on necessities and enjoyment because I knew whatever I spent I could make up with income. That is what I miss the most. The everyday "joy" of working started to fade away as I got to retirement age and had the same anxiety about retirement as everyone does, but I do not regret my decision. I wasn't expecting to be able to do things forever, but felt that since I started working full time the day after I graduated from college, when I found myself in Amarillo Texas in the USAF. That was in June of 1968 and I retired in December 2010. That was 42 years of life and work and I was ready for a rest. I also worked part time though high school and college. I'm glad I retired when I did so I could have those few years before medical things brought me to a halt. (I did manage to avoid Covid, so far) So it is really what makes someone and those that they share their lives with happy.

Life is too short , good that you could travel when you could. Speaking about life is too short and tomorrow is not guaranteed , one guy I read about had a wife who passed away from cancer. Before she passed she advised her husband to use her life insurance $$ to buy his dream car an Aston Martin and enjoy it. It took him 12 years later for him to buy his dream car a new DBS coupe $350K. During those 12 years he paid off their mortgage and he gave some of the insurance money to their adult children.

 

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Our quality today

 

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June 30
Friday
International Day Of Parliamentarism
International Asteroid Day
International Cream Tea Day
National Ootd Day
Social Media Day
National Meteor Watch Day

National Month

NATIONAL FRAGILE X AWARENESS MONTH – July​

NATIONAL HEMP MONTH – July​

NATIONAL CONTRACT SEWING MONTH – July​

NATIONAL ANTI-BOREDOM MONTH – July​

NATIONAL GRILLING MONTH – July​

WORLD WATERCOLOR MONTH – JULY​

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NATIONAL BAKED BEAN MONTH – July​

NATIONAL ANTI-BOREDOM MONTH – July​

National weeks​

HEPATITIS AWARENESS WEEK – Week of July 28​

NATIONAL MOTH WEEK – Last Week in July​

NATIONAL PARENTING GIFTED CHILDREN WEEK – Third Week in July​

NATIONAL ZOO KEEPERS WEEK – Starts Third Sunday in July​

CAPTIVE NATIONS WEEK – Third Week in July​

WEEK OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ALL-STAR GAME​

EVERYBODY DESERVES A MASSAGE WEEK​

NATIONAL FARRIERS WEEK​

NUDE RECREATION WEEK | Week after 4th of July​

BE NICE TO JERSEY WEEK – First Full Week in July​

July 01
Saturday

National Play Outside Day
International Day Of Cooperatives
International Reggae Day
Canada Day
National Hop-a-park Day
National Gingersnap Day
National Creative Ice Cream Flavors Da
National U.s. Postage Stamp Day
National Postal Worker Day
July 02
Sunday
National Wildland Firefighter Day
National Anisette Day
World Ufo Day
July 03
Monday
International Plastic Bag Free Day
International Drop A Rock Day
National Fried Clam Day
National Chocolate Wafer Day
National Eat Your Beans Day
National Compliment Your Mirror Day
July 04
Tuesday
Alice In Wonderland Day
Independence Day
National Caesar Salad Day
National Barbecued Spareribs Day
July 05
Wednesday
National Hawaii Day
National Bikini Day
National Graham Cracker Day
National Apple Turnover Day
National Workaholics Day
July 06
Thursday
International Kissing Day
National Hand Roll Day
National Fried Chicken Day

Wow a day for @JenniferS july 1st

 

[PUSH]

The air quality alert has been extended through noon tomorrow. It was supposed to end today at noon.

 

[PUSH]

We are just below "unhealthy" air quality now. Now it's at the top of "unhealthy for sensitive groups". It looks quite a bit better outside now. I've been three days of haze looking out my windows, but now it looks better. Hopefully tomorrow it goes away.

 

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We are just below "unhealthy" air quality now. Now it's at the top of "unhealthy for sensitive groups". It looks quite a bit better outside now. I've been three days of haze looking out my windows, but now it looks better. Hopefully tomorrow it goes away.

tomorrow we are at

Friday
(!) Action Day
124
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
PM2.5

Saturday
89
Moderate
PM2.5

Sunday
68
Moderate
PM2.5

 

[Songbird76]

Sorry to hear about all your problems, but I'm glad A is okay. That's scary.

Thanks. They finally just finished the front today! They also put new locks in that have like a bolt that turns to lock it from the inside instead of using a key, to fix the fact that the heater is in the way. So new keys again....third set in 2 weeks because they installed the door and the lock got jammed in the first week and the keys didn't work anymore and we almost got locked out of our house. Thank goodness our son hadn't left for tennis yet, so he let E in and then we just had to make sure someone stayed home at all times because none of the keys worked. So they replaced the lock and gave us new keys, but then when we asked about the back door and mentioned that they forgot to shift it and now the heater was in the way of the lock, the only way to fix it without tearing it all apart again was to have the turn bolt lock instead, so they had to replace it again. Hopefully it's all fixed now. So it took two weeks longer than it was supposed to and we still don't have the sun screens, but at least the facades are on.
And A seems pretty well recovered from being it. He still has some bruising, and he couldn't go to tennis on Wednesday because he was still sore, but it doesn't seem to hurt him to walk or anything anymore.

This is the only visible injury he has.