The Rest of My Life
By HarryC
Notes from fresh retirement!
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The Rest of My Life: Retirement Day!
When my alarm went off at 5:05 am this morning, I switched it off. For the last time! Today was my last day at work. Retirement Day! I went through...
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The Rest of My Life: The End of Work
I could have used a lie-in this morning because I slept badly. I was probably feeling a bit wired out on the new 'I no longer have to go to work'...
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The Rest of My Life: Windchimes
Technically, today is the first day of my retirement! Tuesday has always been a regular day off for me, so today would normally have been my next...
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The Rest of My Life: Topsy
Mum had a dog. An over-sized border collie that I bought for her on her birthday 16 years ago. She was overjoyed from the moment she saw it, giving...
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The Rest of My Life: Thinking...
6:00 am Howling cat fed. Now it's time for my first coffee, then my quiet half-hour in the armchair. As usual, once her bowl's empty, Daisy comes in...
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The Rest of My Life: First Day...
Monday, 8th September 1975 That was the day the then callow 16-year-old me started work. Fifty years ago, bar the shouting. We were living in Devon...
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The Rest of My Life: Fate Accompli
Everything is different because of everything else I came across that line this morning in the book I'm currently reading. It's one of those lines...
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The Rest of My Life: Thoughts on looking at mum and dad's wedding photograph.
When my father was the age I am now - 66 - he became homeless for the first time. He was living on the streets. It was around this time of year, too...
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