BLOG ENTRY #3 GETTING ACCLIMINATED part 1

 I have been retired for nearly a month and it still feels weird.

I swore I was not going to be one of those retirees who wakes up at noon, and does nothing all day except watch television .

So far, I haven't done much besides wake up at 9:00, get something to eat, take a nap, then get into the day after 1:00 or 2:00.

Truth be told, I told people I was giving myself three or four months to get used to being retired.  I wanted to decompress.  I have been going to a job for close to 30 years, so I wanted to officially power-down.  So in all truth I told people three or four months.  I actually was giving myself six,   Now, I think I will give myself until the end of the year to officially do something after retirement.

I already have five AMTRAK trips scheduled for April, with a second round coming in August.   This was only because AMTRAK offered the RAILPASS mid-January for $200 off, so I wanted to take it.  Otherwise my initial plans were to clean my apartment, meaning purge the place of all the paper and and trash.  The meat and potatoes (photography, writing, travel and genealogy) happen after the clean up.

I just hate the idea of sitting home and doing nothing.