This weekend we moved Todd to his own apartment. The good news is, it was just down the road. The bad news is, it was on the third floor–yikes! But between Todd and his young buff friends, they made it look easy, basically throwing the furniture over their shoulders and taking it up the stairs!
Now I have a nearly empty apartment. I moved my bed into the livingroom, where it also my couch. Company can sit on the chaise lounge I brought in from the porch. Luckily the apartment has lighting fixtures in each room, because all the lamps are now at Todd’s place. Although in a moment of hunger and exhaustion I decided to have peanut butter toast for dinner last night–but alas, no toaster 🙂
I had heard before I quit work that once you retire you won’t understand how you ever got everything done. That definitely seems true, although I think it’s that you never do get everything done. Even after only a month of not working, I feel able to tackle things for myself and others that before were just stressful. Still, my first reaction to a plea for help is oh man, how can I get everything done. nce I think it through though, it seems possible.
For instance, I decided on a whim this morning to help my sister with her second grade class. She has 19 seven-year olds who I met last week. They are all simply adorable, but wow do they require a lot of energy!
So it’s going well, but I continue to have this ongoing nervous energy. I’m mostly great as long as I’m moving or exhausted. I have little appetite–I buy food and eat a few bites then put it in the frig, then throw it out a few days later. I’m basically living off of cereal, cheese popcorn, and Clif Bars. I am not sleeping enough, but I figure I can catch up later.
And my emotions flip-flop sometimes hour by hour. A couple days ago I decided this is all crazy. After my 90 in Japan, I’ll come back to the USA and see friends and family. Ok, it’s settled. Two hours later, Katie called from Japan. She was excited because her friend is going to meet her in London in August. Wow, I decided I can bop around Europe until August, then come home. Ok, it’s settled!
Then there is the mixed response I get when I tell people about my plan. When I was at my doctor’s appointment the other day, she thought it was cool….but….what about the danger so close to Korea and the vaccines and what??? Then I was at the bank last week, getting a “travel” credit card which supposedly has no fees for using it in another country. The bank representative was so excited that by the end she said “Go for it!” and gave me a big hug!
Guess I’ll take it as it comes. Katie told me months ago, the cool thing about having a one-way ticket is that you can come home whenever you want! Excellent!
Photo: What are friends for? Helping move you to your 3rd floor apartment!
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