After a two year hiatus(oh, how time can fly!), I am so happy to be sharing with all of you again! Buddy and I are enjoying life in our new community and magical corner of the world. The adventure continues after leaving our home base of 35 years – a true blessing for our marriage and life!
Check out August 25, 2018 ‘On the Road Again- the Backstory’ to give a little background as to my ‘itchy feet’ that led to our move. And yes, I will write ‘part II’! As to the longer than planned RetirementWives break, it’s been a time of having fun each day without a lot of plans. Buddy and I have been enjoying the beauty of the four seasons– hiking, biking, skiing, and water sports… AND right out our own back door! I’m still pinching myself, even after two years!
New Adventures
Oh, and I guess I should mention we are in house building mode. It’s been a 2 year project that has taken up just a little bit of our time!
Buddy and I once again prove that opposites do attract- if he likes a particular finish or design style, I am more inclined to pick the other one! I do know after 35 years of marriage and a few home remodeling projects, we eventually come around to either one of us giving in or choosing a new compromise. Who knows, we might even be beating the world record odds of couples that divorce after a prolonged home building project!
We also have a recent new addition and FIRST to our family clan: A PRECIOUS GRANDBABY! I’m sure to be blogging about the joys of grandparenting in future posts. And I do have to tell you that being a grandma, nana, memaw, Mameo (Irish for grandma) is somethin’ special!!!
On the retirement front, Buddy and I are now BOTH retired! My job finally came to a close the middle of 2019. I am blessed to have had such an awesome career and a work team that gave me the autonomy to work remotely after moving.
This Little Light
So, for those of you that have been the second partner to retire, how has it affected you? Was retirement an easy transition for you or were/are there some challenges that maybe you weren’t expecting?
I don’t know if it is necessarily a retirement thing or just part of ‘getting older’, but I do think more about this season of life. Will it be a slow beautiful sunset, displaying the kaleidoscope of evening’s colors, a hazy or subtle overcast that casts a dull film over the emerging stars, or a rush of clouds and sudden storm that darkens the transitioning evening sky? I don’t really know and will choose to focus on the ‘keeping the lights on’ to the best of my ability each and every day!
With the year that we all have experienced together, I will share a little ‘wash it away’ in my next blog post coming soon. Until then, stay healthy and spread some good cheer as we eagerly await 2021.
You are truly a beautiful wordsmith. You make the words come alive! Perhaps because I am a wife of a retired person and I also am retired. I just don’t have enough hours to myself! Trying to be better at it though!