Here's Boss-A-Man waiting in line to apply for promotion from my Semi-Retirement Dog to my Full Retirement Dog position.
Application accepted!
Position granted!
What have I been doing these last three weeks of retirement? Besides bonding with the pets?
Well....
whatever the hell I want!
Ok, it's not that dramatic. Crazy Party Guy I am not.
I've been writing a bit more. Although it's not the front seat driver. At least not yet.
I've been reading a bit more. I finished a thousand-plus page biography of Grant, written by Ron Cherno, who wrote the book Hamilton is based on. Grant is a much more interesting and significant figure than I realized. For his time, he was very advanced on his ideas of civil rights and a much better General than my southern friends give him credit for. His worst problem is that he had lousy condar (ability to detect grifters and fraudulent businessmen). But what can I say? Apparently, so do some 74 million Americans, as proved by the 2020 election.
And, yeah, I've been watching a bit more television than I was. I see an episode of CW super-hero show each day. Currently, I am catching up on DC's Legends of Tomorrow, a really fun and imaginative time travel series. When I do household chores, I have Buzzer on in the background, a ROKU channel with old game shows. I am particularly fond of Password, where I can see classic celebrities in their prime, like Elizabeth Montgomery (Bewitched) and Jim Backus (Thurston Howell on Gilligan's Island). With Alison, we watch a variety of programs, including streaming series. We are currently watching You and are at a point in the series where it may have jumped the shark, where the characters are about to make a decision that doesn't fit in with any of their past behavior (Season 2, Episode 7). Then later at night, I see the German series Dark, a very atmospheric time travel show* - I can't begin to tell you how good this show is!
I've been exercising a bit more and recording what I eat (most days). I haven't seen too many positive effects yet, but I'm not giving up.
I've been spending more time at my church Treasurer position and helping with the Sacks for Saturday program. I have yet to help with the public library, but I have high hopes I can fight my shyness and get started.
The biggest special project I've been working is preparing my comic books for sale - preferably to someone who will buy them all. It takes about four hours to write up and prepare a box - organizing and pricing, preparing spreadsheets to account for them. I've done six boxes, and I probably have at least three dozen more to go. So far, the accumulated value is exceeding my expectations.
That's a broad outline of what I have been doing.
Chillin' with the dogs and enjoying life!
Wanderingly Yours,
T. M. Strait
*if you get the impression I like time travel series, give yourself 20 Strait Line points!
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