All over now

Well retirement has finally come around. It is the 31st March today and I finished on the 29th. That was quite a day saying goodbye to a lot of people that I have worked well with in years.

I have arranged a drink at our club on the 2nd April and quite a few will be coming along I have been told. It will be quite a night because that will be the last time I will see many of them. I will go and say hello ocassionally of course but I have got along with many of them over the years.

So far retirement has consisted of house cleaning! I have left a lot of things 'until I retire' but now I have to get on with it. I want to get it sorted out over the next couple of weeks and there will be a lot of stuff to take to the tip for recycling.

We have arranged a holiday in Holland for week in April to go and see the flower gardens. That will be a nice change and we are both looking forward to it.

Hopefully I can update this blog on a more regular basis now I have the time.

Wednesday March 17th

Well today is my 62nd birthday and I have not put any blog entries for nearly three weeks. I have been quite busy in work but now have only eight shifts left to work.

It still does not seem real as I am doing the same job in the same office with the same people. But March 29th will come around soon enough I guess and then it may seem a bit more real to me.

Wales played Ireland last Saturday and got the result they deserved. They were rubbish with 75% of the ball and still could not score. Coach Warren Gatland says that they are going to feel pain. Surely they should have felt pain before the bloody game not after it?

Spring seems to have sprung this week with the sun shining and warm weather during the day. The nights have been cold but we can manage that. Today we are going out for a meal on my birthday. I wanted to go to a pub but the wife said can we have a pizza instead. Well I like pizza anyway so Pizza Hut here we come!

Happy St Patricks Day to any one from Ireland that reads this.