The traditional retirement party

Liz disagrees - " It should be the Blessed Event". Whatever. Anyway, it is traditional and it was a damn nice party.  Several well wishers. I'd name them but there were just too many. Besides many of them mentioned too many names of others who'd love to have been there but for prior obligations. Therefore names will not be named to protect the guilty. Or something.

Had too many drinks bought for me. After the first hour, I asked the waitress for O'Douls in a mug. So all appearances to the contrary, I do not have a wooden leg. Should have gotten pictures of the waitresses. Cute.  I wish now to formally reprimand the members of my former crew. You were far too generous. You single-groupedly paid for this small extravaganza.

This morning I left the alarm on and set to its usual time, just for the pleasure of shutting it off and saying Never Again. At least I think it was a pleasure. Four and a half decades of  productive labor on my part and three and half on Liz's part and suddenly we're on the public dole. Sort of. "This is the first day of the rest of our lives". And the rest shall be rather different from what preceded it.