Retired Reflections

A good start to the NY

The New Year so far has been about friends....and my favorite things to do. We danced the year in. And Sunday I went for a long walk with old friends. Yesterday Kim called and we were going to meet to do a hike up Badger. Wondering who else to ask, my husband came up with a few names and before long we had a lovely group of people who trudged up in nice sunshine and no wind. It got me thinking of how many times we do the hike alone and afterwards others say they would have liked to have gone. So many times we just think others are busy when in fact, more often than not, they are glad to get that call to go. It was a great way to start the year. Our neighbors went with us - their first time up - and we have known them and been friends since 1976!

Now today is another story. I am leading an ice skating event that is at 11 am. I have mentioned that to lots of people and I think we will just have the regulars. We only do it for about an hour. When we get new people, they always say it has been 30 (or 40, or 50) years since the last time. But at least with ice skating, one can just hold on to the edge for awhile.

And my Spanish class is at 1 and my husband is off to his machine shop class which starts again today at the community college. Did I mention how busy retirement is?

posted by Mary @ 8:05 AM