Trees near Slaidburn
I have three months to go. I’d better start filling in forms, as I need to ensure my pensions will be ready to take over when my wages stop. I’m looking forward to warm weather and a life of leisure now. When all is said and done I am generally a man of eternal optimism and though doubts may arise from time to time I can generally get over them. Having had doubts about retirement when faced with the imminent reality of it, I am now happily anticipating a time of leisure and doing what I want. I admit this will mean I no longer hve the excuse of work blocking my plans. I will just have to face facts – I don’t do things because work takes too much time, I don’t do things because I am lazy and badly organised.
I’m giving serious thought to one of those reclining chairs with a built in footstool and ejection mechanism. That’s just what I need. I’ve been looking at the TV adverts, I may even get one with a USB port so I can plug my Kindle in and read all day. I don’t need the one that has a special arm where you put tea and the remote control. I will have a small table for tea, and continue to lose the remote. Looking for it is all the exercise I get.
Tree – Clumber park
Periodically I will withdraw to my study (the spare bedroom) and write poetry. Each morning I will wake up early, ready to write at the crack of dawn. Then I will reset the alarm for n extra two hours. Ambition is good, but it’s silly to spoil retirement with actually getting up early. We will visit all the local garden centres and have tea and cake. And I will, of course, use my new bus pass, until I get tired of sharing a space with people who cough and splutter and generally spread germs. At some point I will get round to buying an electric scooter so I can take it down to the Country Park and ride round the lake. They have Kingfishers and otters, and I am going to enjoy that bit.
Bear in a tree – spring is coming!
I am looking forward to hearing how this all turns out.
🙂 Me too!
Nothing to add to that at all. Perfection.
🙂 One version of it, anyway.
Just think of all the community clubs and organisation you must join and become secretary of or even president and get your name in the local press – or have a sleep in.
Yes, committees and good works . . .
Perhaps not. 🙂
Have you looked at HSL? Just before the first Covid lockdown we bought two Kemble chairs which continue to serve us well all day long. Not yet ready for recliners we chose these when my knees demanded my use of hands to prise myself up from arms. They do, of course, have recliners and measure buyers to fit. I see they currently have a 30% sale.
Impressive chairs! I’ve just had a look online. I will be witing a while as I’m not sure I should really be opting for the easy way out yet. I will think it through then have them delivered direct to the new place.
Recliners have come a long way over the decades! A USB port? What next? 🙂
Driverless technology so they can deliver me to the dinner table automatically. 🙂 I can dream . . .
Sounds pretty darned good as we would say in Maine. The countdown continues!
It’s sounding good to me too. 🙂