There's No Turning Back

The deed has been done!  RBK has retired.  The crazy-fun party was last night at a local brewery.  How cool is that?!  Most retirees have their "reception" in a conference room at corporate.  This was much more fun!!!!

There was a caricature, a roast of the guest of honor, a large binder of photos and memorabilia, many gag gifts and a cake, a photographer, and 75 of his closest work friends.  Loved having both our kids with us for this celebration.  It was nice for them to see another side of us.

I've been thinking about those 30 years and what a team we have been all along the way.  From typing all the resumes and cover letters necessary to land the job on an IBM Selectric typewriter to all the natural disasters we endured in the seven corporate moves we made (a hurricane, an earthquake, two tornadoes, floods, a lightning strike, and countless blizzards).   Where did all those years go? (Geez, I sound like a geezer.)

Today was our very first day together as retirees.  It went well.  We did lots of semi-meaningless tasks that were far more fun with my teammate than they could ever be by myself.  Imagine the excitement of sitting in the AT&T store for 50 minutes waiting for an iPhone 5 to be activated, hitting Walgreen's for deodorant, looking at potential apartments for our daughter, picking up flooring samples and discussing whether to raise the wine cabinet off the floor in our new bar.  And tomorrow we begin organizing and packing for THE TRIP!!