Upon my departure from San Diego for this time, I am considering all the things I would have missed had I not retired. All those walks on the Cliffs and on the beach; all those morning lattes and crosswords; breakfast with the Murisons; the Padres game and visiting and books and shows and movies and plays and fish tacos and swims and yoga classes.
Also not lost on me, is what a bullet I dodged as JLA lost a teacher due to enrolment decline, that more than likely would have been me, who ended up at Egnatoff for the year. Omg....what a nightmare that would have been!!
And so, I take that as a sign that I am on the right path and made the right decision. Cause, damn, it sure feels right. Every day is better than the day before. I wish everyone could experience such total contentedness. It’s a wonderful thing.
And now I leave my happy place, where it feels like you can drink or swim in the air, where I feel completely and totally satisfied and I am reminded of when I left here 7 years ago when I was on my deferred salary leave as I made my way to Washington DC and I remember sitting outside at night writing in the blog about my month here and it feels the same. I was equally as content, happy, fulfilled as I am now. I think not leaving and returning to work helps tremendously. My good fortune continues. Onward and upward, to more great days!!
RETIREMENT BY NUMBERS
Minimum Daily Minutes Walked: 90
Days Of Fun In The Sun In San Diego; Morning Lattes Consumed: 27
Yoga ClassesAttended: 17
Books Read: 3. (7 1/2 Deaths Of Evelyn Hardcastle, The Woman In Cabin 10, Where The Crawdads Sing)
Dolphins Seen During My Walks: 5
Beaches Attended: 4. (Sunset Cliffs, Coronado, Ocean Beach, Torrey Pines)
Netflix Series Watched: 3. (Wentworth, Dead To Me, Orange Is The New Black)
Plays and Movies Seen: 2. (Kiss My Aztec, Almost Famous; Downton Abbey, The Goldfinch)
Fitbits Worn Out And Needed Replacing/Padres Games Attended/Massages/Accupuncture/Cupping Treatments: 1.
Fish Tacos Eaten; Times “Senorita”, “Dancing With A Stranger”, “I Don’t Care”, “You Need To Calm Down”, “Sucker” and “ Speechless“ Heard On The Radio; Crossword Puzzles/Word Jumbles Completed: Countless
Fucks Given: 0 Absolutely none. 😂
