HELP - HE'S RETIRED!

QUOTE OF THE DAY:  "A retired husband is often a wife's full-time job."  Ella Harris

TODAY IS:  Memory Day

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Don retired last July.  Everyone kept telling me he'd be underfoot and bugging me all the time.  One woman told me her husband tried to tell her how to clean the house after he retired.  She handed him the mop and told him to go ahead and do it his way.

When Don and I moved to the Cove permanently a little over three years ago, he was able to work from home four days a week.  He would get up at ten a.m. and work until six or seven p.m.

That schedule was fine with me.  I still had my freedom and my days all to myself.  The only difference was that I was making lunch for two instead of one.  So, when Don retired, not much changed.  Well, not at first.

In the beginning, Don spent a lot of time on his computer reading blogs and cleaning out his files.  He even played video games.  I was still able to maintain my pre-retirement schedule.  I had my cleaning day, my grocery shopping day, and my day to run errands.

Slowly, though, things started to change.  Instead of going to the movies on Sunday afternoons, Don discovered that Tuesdays are senior days at the Downtown Disney AMC.  Okay.  That made sense.  We could save a few bucks.

The next change he made was when we'd be going to the Disney theme parks.  Why should we battle the huge crowds on weekends when we could battle slightly smaller crowds during the week?  Well, that made sense, too.

Then Don thought we should also get Sea World and Busch Gardens annual passes.  Tampa Bay Lightning hockey games were also thrown into the mix.  (At least the hockey games were on a schedule.)

I am a person who works best on a schedule.  I like to plan my week in advance...errands on Monday, groceries on Thursday, etc.  I liked having my down time, too.  I need time to read, write, garden, and have lunch with friends.

I was flustered and a bit annoyed at Don when he'd say something like, "Let's go to Animal Kingdom tomorrow?"

I'd answer, "I have grocery shopping to do."

"Do it Friday," he'd say.

Does this man not know me?  Haven't we been married for close to 24 years?  I have a schedule to keep!

It has taken a while, but I must admit that I'm adjusting nicely to this new life Don has created for us.  I will even go so far as to say that I am really enjoying all of this busyness.

However, I am drawing the line at Universal...as much as I love them, please, no more theme parks.

P.S.  Daisy benefits from her dad's retirement, too...he spends a lot more time with her!

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