I logged off for the last time yesterday. It was a bittersweet ending to a wonderful six years. Several of my teammates chatted and phoned me to wish me well. Normally when one quits a job, you leave the office and drive away. I worked from home so it was not final until today when I packed up the equipment and took it to UPS.

I thought about going out to dinner but just wasn’t inspired. I enjoy cooking so I decided to make a dinner of seared scallops with a saffron cream sauce, rice pilaf and carrots from our garden. We over wintered carrots and they are still good even after the snow, freeze and heavy rain winter.

I am now officially retired. No plans on looking for another job and looking forward to the freedom and flexibility of doing what ever I want whenever I want. “Me Time” as a friend called it.