Nine Feet Underground

Last time I wrote I was on the verge. Or maybe the cusp.  Now I am there, in the next phase of my life. How does it feel? Let me count the ways... To be honest it doesn't feel that different. Yet.  I'm no less busy. Probably the opposite. I've realised that there were so many things I should have been doing that I just put off until they became a problem, if they did.   I imagined I'd be doing away with the 'To-Do' list of my bullet journaling, instead, the list is longer as I have time to think (and see) what needs doing. I've certainly not felt the need to waste time. I also think that retiring at the start of December is different.  December is a month which involves much preparation and organising. Not only that, but I have traditionally taken half the month as leave, which I had planned this year, in the event I hadn't retired. Combined, these factors make it feel very normal. I do feel different though. I feel as if a weight has been lifted from my...

Yesterday was busy and very active, in contrast, today will be a bit more chilled and laid back. Got the day off to a good start with a cooked breakfast and then we both sat down and got on with some stuff:  Q reviewing a thesis and me planning frequencies to load into my scanners. Having sat down for a while, we switched to outdoors mode: Q has some plants to plant in the front garden.  I became a labourer under the direction of the garden designer. A little later we headed out for a quick shopping trip to Tesco, dodging (not very successfully) the raindrops.  The weather is very unsettled, rain, sun, and now rain again today. After loading the first set of frequencies from my laptop into the scanner, Q and I continued watching 'The Night Agent' on Netflix. Dinner, TV, getting organised for back to work tomorrow, then time to head to bed. Say She She / 'Reeling' / (Single) [[ ]]