Milestone
Posted By Carlo on August 3, 2008
Friday was my last day of work. I’m officially retired. Tomorrow morning I’ll get up with Karen to keep her company, not because I have an office to go to. I wrote a blog for my old magazine (hey, I worked there almost 19 years and you can reach what I wrote at www.lhonline.com) about leaving. The last month wasn’t easy because I had to balance the work I had to do with my anticipation about my new life.
Friday, after work, I drove to Dayton with my friend Ron so we could spend the next day playing table tennis in the Ohio Senior Olympics. It was my first retirement activity. The drive was peaceful, though wearing on my back (what a drag it is growing old, though I don’t hope to die before I get old and yes, there is life—a lot of it—after 30). I did badly in the singles on Saturday (that match I lost to a southern Ohio hayseed is a mystery to me) but Ron and I did well in the doubles; I drove back with my first medal (silver, OK, not gold) in years, not a bad way to kick off a new phase. Also cool: Ron asked whether I’d help manage a new ping pong club we’re trying to get going in Lyndhurst. No problem; I’ll have the time.
Tomorrow, I’m going to start cleaning the garage. I want to throw out a lot of stuff, sell other stuff, organize it so just maybe, we can park our Scions in it (they’re small). I’ll keep going through the house over the next few weeks to put it into some kind of order, not the easiest thing. I don’t think I’ll feel the full impact of my retirement for at least another week; this coming one will feel like a vacation. I’m looking forward to it.
Carlo, bravo for your new life. You will likely have lots of things tugging at your sleeve to keep you busy. Someday you must share with the rest of us how you were able to do it. I see a few more years of work in my crystal ball, but you won’t be there at the magazine to joke with anymore, so it will be a little tougher. Thanks for all the good times. We’ll talk.
Congradulations Carlo. 19 years will not only change you but more significantly may well have changed the culture around you at the magazine. I have read a lot of your stuff over the years and you will be missed. Maybe not! 🙂
Congratulations Carlo. 19 years will not only change you but more significantly may well have changed the culture around you at the magazine. I have read a lot of your stuff over the years and you will be missed. Maybe not!
Michael,
Thanks. A few weeks after I posted this, I’m ready to post another entry, particularly if I can figure out how to add pix. Anyhow — I’m getting some work, I’m doing some writing, I’m spending a lot of time with my family and perhaps even more with my dog, the estimable and rapidly growing Pearl Marie. I’ll send you a picture separately. Had a nice party at Ed’s yesterday (Aug; 23), which I wish you’d been able to get to. Look forward to seeing you and Julie in the near future.
Hello Carlo
Did you grow up in Massachusetts?
Elizabeth (Pug)