If you're going to criticize the bureaucracy when it is slow and obstructionist, you should praise it when it delivers, as it did yesterday in my case. I received the certified divorce decree from the State of Tennessee's Department of Health, the Vital Records division, and I received a notice from the SSA of my scheduled appointment for September 12th. Color me impressed.
To those of you who have written to offer your congratulations on my retirement and to offer your best wishes or to share your own experience and advice, let me say «thank you.» I appreciate hearing from you for a couple of reasons. One is that your good wishes and advice are valued and appreciated, and another is that it means you are visiting here occasionally and checking in on me. It's about as close as one can come nowadays to living in a small town where friends and neighbors check in on you to make sure you are still around and kicking. For all of the disadvantages associated with «nosy neighbors» knowing your business in a small town, there was, and I suppose in some cases still is, a certain sense of comfort in knowing that someone else cares enough to pay attention to you and your activities.
Over the weekend, I initiated my retirement, so once again I can say «Thank God. It's Monday!,» but this time for a different reason. This is the first day of the week that begins «the rest of my life.»
A couple of days ago, I received a notice on my Comcast digital set-top box that there was a message waiting. This isn't too unusual since this is the means that Comcast uses to promote some of its programming and to announce changes in channel lineups. However, this notification was certainly welcomed news.
I've just come in from my routine morning walk, but that walk was anything but routine yesterday.
F-Secure, an anti-virus maker, reported this newest threat to Windows systems recently.
With this morning's walk, I have now completed 30 consecutive days of exercising. Although it is only walking at a fast clip around my neighborhood, I'm pleased that I have persisted through rain and heat for this long. I'm not dropping any weight, so far as I can tell, but I am being consistent in exercising, and that pleases me.
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