Rant #3,280: That's the Way I Always Heard It Should Be

One day after we finally were able to move on from the mess thst we were given to clean up, we had a pretty quiet day yesterday ...

Or at least I did.

Not much doing, not much happening, and honestly, I thought that in retirement, that's the way I always thought it should be.

But today, we get back to full reality.

Life goes on, and I have an eye doctor appointment later this morning.

And since I am actually semi-retired, and not fully retired, per se, I have to do some work, and later today, I have to cover a seminar that will take up the restiof the day--and some of the early evening--for me.

And then on Thursday, I have an appointment with my doctor/surgeon, who will tell me what the next step is in my rehabilitation.

I believe I will now have to go to physical therapy outside of the house, and it is something that I really am looking forward to--both the visit to the doctor and his recommendations.

So Tuesday was just a little blip on the calendar, something of a pause before everything revs up again.

And again, I will wonder what real retirement is, because honestly, I have never experienced it during the past four-plus years.

Days like Tuesday give me a taste--albeit briefly--of what I should be experiencing right now in my life.

And honestly, not being used to such a feeling of not being overly busy on mostly nonsense, Tuesday went by kind of slowly for me.

Times during the day when I am normally busy I was abnormally not busy on Tuesday, and since I really can't do much but sit around and watch TV to bide my time, I couldn't even find much to watch to engage myself.

I pretty much used the TV as white noise, as I wasn't paying attention to it very much.

I was on my phone, which is nothing to brag about, but it did eat up time, which for the first time in a long time, I had plenty of.

The day went on, I got through it, and day turned to night, and I eventually conked out.

And today, I am more than ready to go, as I know I won't have a day like Tuesday ... and I won't have another day like Tuesday for the foreseeable future.

So you have to cherish days like this when you get them--

But it is time to move on, and get back to my current reality.