Another day

Well today is Tuesday 6th April. The night at the club was quite a night and of course I had to much to drink. I might as well have tried to stop the tide coming in! The drinks were on my table before I had chance to say stop! In the end I had to stop people buying me drinks as I just could not take any more.

There was a presentation and a lot of nice things were said, to much to put in here. Enough was given to buy a new camera, one that I had thought of getting in three years and that was very touching.

So today my retirement really starts in ernest as up to now I have been on lieu days and if I was working I would have been on days off anyway. But this is really it and no more work at all. I will have to pay a load of bills of soon when my money gets into the bank one day this week.

Today we are going to Bristol to see the TV show 'Deal or no Deal' being made. I have seen TV shows made before and it is fun seeing what goes on behind the scenes.

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.

Another week

Well another week has passed and I have not got around to writing. I enjoyed the days off but they seemed to go past all to quickly and work called again. Today is Sunday and I have worked out the days I have left to work for my company. 31 working days left is all that I have and it is reducing quickly now.

I have booked our club for the Friday after I leave as quite a few of the guys have said that they want to give me a send off. I will have to get a taxi back and fore as I intend to have a drink that night!

The weather has turned bloody cold again although we have not had the snow that some parts have had. I really could do without that again as it is a real pain to get around in.

On the good front Wales beat Scotland at Rugby yesterday by 32-24. There would have been some real celebration in the city last night that is for sure!