 I Did It!!!
I was on the train to put in my retirement papers for Nov.17th and realized that I just wanted to leave right now. When I got down to the Teacher's Retirement System office, I asked them to move up my date and I have officialy retired as of yesterday, Nov. 2nd. This feels so great! I have complete and absolute freedom to do whatever I want, whenever I want to. I love this feeling of freedom.
Max is thrilled - he's such a happy little puppy anyway, but now Mommy's home all the time. I decided to try to take him with me wherever I can get him in. Last night I had a meeting of my Women's Center Board and along came Max. My friends were delighted to see him.
I finally have some time to go on YT this morning and this afternoon, Max and I will go dog food shopping and then wherever else we want.
Thank you all so much for your support and advice - I think bringing Max to either a children's ward or a senior citizen's place is a wonderful idea. I MIGHT try to look for a nice, wonderful, perfect (do they exist?) bf. I have no idea what else - I'm going to go with the flow and follow my insrincts.
As far as my daughter is concerned, I pray a lot. I have 3 beautiful grandchildren too. Her husband, sadly, is a very bad man, and nothing I have tried has worked. Men like him like to isolate and control their wives, and the last person they want around is their wife's mother.
The rest of my life is great. I wish you all the same feeling freedom.
Judy |