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[shootingstar]

Big hello to Bleekergirl (and congrats. on the wedding occasion!) and crazycanuckoz. CC, you should blog about some of your experiences in Oman...so different. Best of luck for your running.

[Pax]

Hiya CC!

BSG, it looks like it was the year of weddings, congrats!! My honey and I tied the knot as well, feels pretty awesome doesn't it?

[Pax]

Freedom!

I'm having one of those small yet momentous days today. I've had my civil service earliest-possible-retirement date circled on my calendar for the last year. As of last Saturday (I did have to work today to lock in the time) I have my time in to retire. I can walk out the door of this place any time I want to now and they have to pay me my retirement pittance (and it is a pittance, but it's MY pittance) for the rest of my life!!! I feel very free all of a sudden.

Our plan is to work until May and then move to our little place in FL while my honey telecommutes for a while... but as of today we can go whenever the hell we want!!!!!

[snapdragen]

Congrat Pax! It's a liberating feeling, isn't it?

[Pax]

Congrat Pax! It's a liberating feeling, isn't it?

Thanks, it really is! I'm just sitting here at my desk grinning... and partially hoping no one pisses me off today, it's a whole new ballgame.

[IBrakeforPastry]

Thanks, it really is! I'm just sitting here at my desk grinning... and partially hoping no one pisses me off today, it's a whole new ballgame.

Congratulations! I reached my earliest retirement date on Oct 31, and left. I submitted my papers in September (I think) and for the next several weeks, my manager kept looking at me and saying, "She's still smiling". So, keep smiling!

[Pax]

I will never be there. Please enjoy it for me. Congrats!!

Congratulations! I reached my earliest retirement date on Oct 31, and left. I submitted my papers in September (I think) and for the next several weeks, my manager kept looking at me and saying, "She's still smiling". So, keep smiling!

If it was an amount I could live on I'd be gone today, but it's very small and will only cover our housing costs on the condo in FL when we move in May. But, hey, I'll take it!!

[Trek420]

Thanks, it really is! I'm just sitting here at my desk grinning... and partially hoping no one pisses me off today, it's a whole new ballgame.

Looking forward to the call where the customer says
"whatcha gonna do about that for me, huh?"
"Hmmm. I quit!" Click release call

[Pax]

Looking forward to the call where the customer says
"whatcha gonna do about that for me, huh?"
"Hmmm. I quit!" Click release call

Absolutely!

[snapdragen]

Thanks, it really is! I'm just sitting here at my desk grinning... and partially hoping no one pisses me off today, it's a whole new ballgame.

That's how my work life ended. Manager pissed me off for the last time, I walked. It was awesome. She was stunned.

[bmccasland]

Making a reappearance....
In the past couple of years, I've had ACL repair (bike crash related), had whooping cough, had two bad wasp stings (with ambulance trips to the ER), sold my Louisiana house, bought a condo, and gained weight. So I've now lost 15 pounds, still don't like riding in rain, but am trying to increase my exercise.

Hi everyone!! I have missed y'all.

[Blueberry]

Freedom!

Happy dance for you!!! Sometimes things become so much more pleasant when you *know* you can end them *whenever you need to*! Congratulations!!

[Helene2013]

So happy for you Pax. I can't wait to get there...3 or 5 years to go and it seems soooooo far.

[ny biker]

I will never be there. Please enjoy it for me. Congrats!!