The First Day of Forever (Kinda, Sorta...)

Today, here it is Tuesday, January 17, 2012. A milestone in my life. Today is the first day of me being officially, albeit willingly unemployed; but more importantly than that, it is the first day of my retirement.

The day is marked with lots of snow blowing around, cold and me with a headache that won't quit.

I ended last year with a mammogram and a bone density test. I have learned that I am healthy, but as with most people in my age bracket I need to take more calcium and Vitamin D to keep my bones healthy and strong. I can do that!  :)

When I was resting before I began to think of what it had been like when I was working and I found myself (unintentionally) with a wrinkled up forehead as though I were worried. I readjusted my thought pattern and uncrinkled my face. I think I must have worked all those years with my shoulders up around my chin, a classic stress position. I sure am not going to miss the stress.

That being said, I am sure that there will be other stress makers, but for now I'm going to enjoy the respite of not working daily; enjoying the slowness of each day and watching the cardinals and other birds eating their birdseed, free from hunger and stress as they go about in freeflight---pretty much the way I am feeling too.

Onward!