I have been away from blogging for EVER! But, now that I'm retired, I plan to get back to jotting down a few things that I want to remember or share. I have taken to the pensioner's life like a duck to water. I used to wonder why my teacher friends who retired looked so much better when I'd see them. Now I know their beauty secret. They were just relaxed after so many years of stress and frustration.
The relaxation started with a trip to Galveston with the grands and their parents. It was a multi-generational event. We took Great-Gram to the beach too. We caught a huge break on the weather with the coolest July temperatures I can remember. The highs were barely 90 and with the shade and breezes on our wrap around balcony you could stay outside all day without breaking a sweat.
We all enjoyed the pool and it's a good thing we had it. The seaweed was piled higher and deeper all along the Texas coast and if that didn't put you off, the shark threat and flesh-eating bacteria would. Between climate change and deep water drilling, we've got ourselves a gigantic cesspool out there.
Galveston has been our only get away. The rest of the summer I've been doing what I always do in June and July. I've cleaned and organized. I need to put the house up for sale, potential buyers could open every closet without risk of harm from falling luggage. It feels so satisfying to clear out the clutter. Even the garage got the once over.
I've also been tutoring for mad money. The lovely Indian family that I worked for last summer called for American History for the youngest child, so I celebrated Independence Day with the Founding Fathers this year.
I feel free to engage in the public debate from a partisan perspective for the first time in years. So since I don't need to be neutral and keep my opinions out of the discussion outside the classroom, I've hit social media with whatever crosses my mind. Fellow retiree friend and I even went to
the June meeting of Liberal Ladies Who Lunch. We loved it!
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