End of the Year Thoughts

    Oh where, oh where,  is the Mary Tyler Moore show?  I think that was the name of it. Right now my television is on and, as always, I have been pretty much ignoring it--just using it as 'white sound', because I work better that way. I am not sure what station it is, but someone is talking about eating deer testicles--definitely time for a channel change! See. This is why you gotta watch Big Red Dog or Arthur cartoons; or cooking shows. You don't have to pay attention and they don't gross you out.

My retirement anniversary? Wow! I can't believe that it is almost one year since retirement. I still miss everyone and they are often in my thoughts. I am saddened by what's taking place at UMD. On the other hand I must confess that I am happy to be away from the fuss and bother of it all. I just found an old resume, just reading it made me tired. It makes me I appreciate my retirement even more. I am still putting in a lot of hours but I focusing on something else these days. I feel blessed to be able to concentrate on doing what I love. It has brought more days and longer hours than I expected, ideally I expected to work 2 or 3 days a week, just a few hours a day. I am not sure what happened, but things exploded. Oh look--he has (the chef, don't know his name or name of show) made polenta (sort of like grits) and topping it with sausage and artichokes in red gravy. Yum.  Mmmm. Wavering attention span. I have to smile because some friends continue to think that I am on a long vacation, if that were true I am sure that I would be bored out of my mind :-(   I think what I have is the best of both worlds.   

Stay home and be safe? Last night there was a news report about a woman who was struck in the face (maybe the eye) and killed by a stray bullet that entered a window in her 5 floor apartment. Just a few weeks ago, a couple was killed while sleeping in their bed; a car crashed into their house.  

Year 2006? How can that be? I still remember George Orwell's futuristic novel, 1984, where we live in a society that is led by Big Brother who watches everything we do and listens to everything we say. I remember wondering could that  really happen? MMmmm. Too bad I can't remember how the story ends. 

EeK--I'm late!!  It's after 11:00 a.m. and I am still here wondering if I have biz mail. I am sure that I won't know if I don't check :-) At this moment (it's quiet, it's raining), I am feeling mighty like Scarlett O'hara and feel like thinking 'bout it tomorrow.