I retired from my full time job at AT&T on Friday 19th Oct. 2018.
I still have my adjunct teaching position at Mercer County Community College.
October 22-2018
I wanted to record what my feelings were on the first work day after retirement. That was yesterday.
You don't know what you feel until you are in that situation. I was, so I know what they were.
I felt NOTHING! No sadness, no elation, no boredom, no nothing to do...
In the evening Parvathi asked about how I felt during the day.
What did I do? I got the passenger side view mirror fixed in my car. Mohammad came home and fixed it ($55). I went to Lenscrafters to get the eye exam ($69 - they always have some optional items that the insurance doesn't pay and I always go for them). I took a couple of naps during the day.
I trimmed a couple of plants in planters that were outside and then brought them inside (they won't survive outside in winter). I practiced a little music (piano); the first time after like a decade. Then I went to MCCC to teach my two calculus classes.
That's a lot. May be that is the reason I felt nothing - I had no time to fell anything.
But the whole day was quite relaxing.
October 23-2018
Clipped Wandering Jew vine and put in a vase to grow roots
Practiced Piano
Called India (R)
Costco (Pants) - StarBazaar for Tea
Bought two stocks VanG
Princeton U talk at 4PM "Detecting dark matter from Supernovae"
October 24-2018
Hutchinson heater maintenance
Princeton U talk at 12 Noon "Microbes, metals, and nanowires" I reached PU too early (11:45AM) and parked in the visitor parking lot which is about half mile from Thomas building where the talk was. I took the bus to get to the building and then walked around the beautiful campus until 12 Noon. After the talk which I enjoyed (and understood) I walked back to my car going through many nice buildings (Frick, Icahn). With my Mercer County College walk and teaching I had burned whopping 3070 calories for the day!
Managed to practice music as well.
October 25 - 2018
Princeton U talk at 12 Noon "More than Pretty Pictures" by Felice Frankel, MIT. It was an amazing presentation. https://www.felicefrankel.com/ Very accomplished science photographer.
I still have my adjunct teaching position at Mercer County Community College.
October 22-2018
I wanted to record what my feelings were on the first work day after retirement. That was yesterday.
You don't know what you feel until you are in that situation. I was, so I know what they were.
I felt NOTHING! No sadness, no elation, no boredom, no nothing to do...
In the evening Parvathi asked about how I felt during the day.
What did I do? I got the passenger side view mirror fixed in my car. Mohammad came home and fixed it ($55). I went to Lenscrafters to get the eye exam ($69 - they always have some optional items that the insurance doesn't pay and I always go for them). I took a couple of naps during the day.
I trimmed a couple of plants in planters that were outside and then brought them inside (they won't survive outside in winter). I practiced a little music (piano); the first time after like a decade. Then I went to MCCC to teach my two calculus classes.
That's a lot. May be that is the reason I felt nothing - I had no time to fell anything.
But the whole day was quite relaxing.
October 23-2018
Clipped Wandering Jew vine and put in a vase to grow roots
Practiced Piano
Called India (R)
Costco (Pants) - StarBazaar for Tea
Bought two stocks VanG
Princeton U talk at 4PM "Detecting dark matter from Supernovae"
October 24-2018
Hutchinson heater maintenance
Princeton U talk at 12 Noon "Microbes, metals, and nanowires" I reached PU too early (11:45AM) and parked in the visitor parking lot which is about half mile from Thomas building where the talk was. I took the bus to get to the building and then walked around the beautiful campus until 12 Noon. After the talk which I enjoyed (and understood) I walked back to my car going through many nice buildings (Frick, Icahn). With my Mercer County College walk and teaching I had burned whopping 3070 calories for the day!
Managed to practice music as well.
October 25 - 2018
Princeton U talk at 12 Noon "More than Pretty Pictures" by Felice Frankel, MIT. It was an amazing presentation. https://www.felicefrankel.com/ Very accomplished science photographer.
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