post a pic of yourself after you gain 40 pounds from retirement.

any red tide coming your way this year on the west coast?

I've already gained weight due to biggerwife's elite cooking. The meals are healthy but I eat way too much because it is sooooo good.

So far so good. There are traces but no outbreaks. Fingers crossed.

They have put a moratorium on bay fish here. You can't keep any trout, redfish, or snook.

Bump.



This is still not fixed. I have contacted the guy in charge numerous times and he hems and haws and says the city is holding it up and blah blah blah.

They sure are quick to threaten me with fines for piddly stuff we put on the patio, but this seems fine.

Apparently a lot of stuff broke at work, which is par for the course. My boss is neck deep in alligators so I don't think anything has been done to get this going. I'm collecting a paycheck for doing absolutely nothing.

On a semi-related matter. I was just emailed a series of job failures today. They went out to an email group that I used to be part of. It was the development group that I was assigned to when I was first hired. I have no clue what the jobs do. I looked at the group to see who else might handle this and it appears as if I'm the only one left in the group. The operations guys are now wanting to know who is in charge of these since the two names tied directly to the job are a guy that no longer works there and another guy that died.

I've tried to stay away from the recent cluster, but (for you techies) it seems an entire schema was deleted in production. Not ideal.

That was awesome. "we don't have any backups"...

1 week of openly doing nothing. Still no word on when they cut me loose.

I went into the condo office to vent my frustration (on this and other things). The guy said they would be repairing my decks....



In other news, it looks like my last day at work might be tomorrow.

My boss told me that if I didn't put a two weeks notice in I could not be considered for rehire. I told him that I actually did - 3 months ago.

Turned in my PC and badge today. I guess that means I'm retired.

grats!

Are you eligible for rehire?

Thanks!

Yep

Wooohoo!

maybe get out and catch some fish with your new boat.

Thanks!

My boat has a name now!

Today is my first day of retirement with the wife at work.

I honestly don't know how I feel. You would think I would be elated, but that's not quite it. Some sort of buyer's remorse or something. I'm sure once I get into a routine... Maybe that's it. No routine. I am a slave to routine.

I just read an article about some guy that retired at 35. He was basically saying it was great, but certainly had some downsides as well. The final conclusion was that, whatever your general emotional makeup is while working doesn't really change. So, it's not like I'm going to be instantly giddy or anything.

I do have a long list of things I want to do so I'm not going to be bored. And, I don't miss work AT ALL.

But, something just seems a little off.

Maybe a good fish pic might help. Here's what we hauled in Saturday. Grouper, snapper, and dolphin. Yum!

I'm pretty sure if I ever retire I will have to have some kind of project lined up, because otherwise it would all go down hill and within a month I'd look like that Simpsons episode where Homer wears a muumuu

how far out you got to go for them and what depth are the holding.

second is that boat pretty dry?

30 - 40 miles. 100-120'.

The boat is really dry. Drier than some offshore boats I've ridden in. But, it's not really an offshore boat so the ride is a little "flatter".

The final book in the series is pretty much complete. We still have to get it all set up in amazon and ingram but the actual book is done.

Here is the cover.



Now I need to get off my butt and market this thing.

What age(s) are these books targeted at?

I think when you started talking about these children's books I had zero kids but now have a 3 year old and a 5 week old.

2 to 8 probably. I think the 3 year old would like it.

I'm at a point where I need to concentrate on marketing. Ugh, not very good at self promotion. However, I've had tremendous feedback on these and I believe it is honest.

Softcover is $9.95. Maybe get one and see if he (or she?) likes it. I would really like any additional feedback.