Category Archives: Work

It’s official! The Board “accepted and approved” my retirement! When I read the email notification to that effect, I smiled, peacefully and joyfully. In rehearsing the moment, I expected to do a combination victory and liberation dance. I imagined I’d … Continue reading →

No miracle of streaming video last night, so, here I am today, hoping to learn from our HR Department what I did not hear or see with my own ears and eyes last night: the acceptance of my resignation-for-retirement-purposes letter. … Continue reading →

Definitely not the superstitious type, having my resignation-for-retirement-purposes letter go before the Board tonight on the thirteenth of the month does not freak me out. In fact, being a bit of a nonconformist in matters such as yielding to superstitions, … Continue reading →

Today marks the eighteenth birthday of Malala Yousafzai, one courageous young woman, youngest Nobel Peace Prize recipient, and tenacious children’s advocate. Whoever would have thought that her life on the other side of the globe would have anything to do … Continue reading →

It’s the week after our Fourth of July celebration, and I’m still pondering the meaning of retirement freedom and independence. In fact, I’m pondering it even more so since yesterday’s post. Although I was not willing to do the “far, … Continue reading →

Don’t know if the policy is still intact, or if it ever existed in any of the other states, but years ago when I had the occasion to apply for unemployment, I discovered among the enumerated eligibility conditions, one very … Continue reading →

As someone whose work career included a number of involuntary stints of being un-employed or under-employed, what I am about to reveal, I hope, will not be viewed as being insensitive to or minimizing of the emotional, social, economic, and … Continue reading →

Not to contradict what I said yesterday about the paucity of remembered dreams, two work-related ones come to mind. One happened about a decade ago; the other one, recently. Both involved horses. In the former dream, a carriage horse—romantic figure, … Continue reading →

Hardly ever remember my dreams, but often find myself waking up–oft even from daydreams–to a telling tune. Wondered yesterday if there were such a thing as a retirement anthem. Before I could investigate or ponder, I immediately found myself humming … Continue reading →

With 56 days till my retirement, I’ve decided to celebrate my impending independence (and profitably utilize my interim increased “free” time, now that the school year has ended and I don’t need to prepare for next year’s lessons) by learning–albeit, … Continue reading →