RETIREMENT!! I am living the dream! Back in August, I'd been hired at the local medical clinic to be a medical assistant. I would room patients, get their weight and vitals before the Dr. saw them. Then if they needed blood drawn or injections, I'd do that too. This was a very small (2 Doctor) clinic in a very rural area. When COVID hit, we were not prepared. We had no masks and were not in a position to take patients who were possibly infected. We just didn't have the knowledge to deal with it. So, since I was so close to retirement, I furloughed myself. My husband and I thought it the safest thing to do. I did not qualify for unemployment so we had to be very careful with the finances. I knew we could do it. Summer came and the garden, blackberries and strawberries produced very well. In August, I had my 62nd birthday and come October, I received my first Social Security check......Wahoo!! All those years of working did end up with a good result. Since March, when I furloughed my self, I guess you could say I was practicing for retirement! I've since perfected it! No more alarm clocks or thinking about whether I need to do laundry the night before for something to wear the next day. My internal clock wakes me about 6:00 unless we need to be up earlier for something such as an early morning appointment in town which is an hour away. But what I really want to share with y'all is that I'm taking more time to enjoy the moment. I hope you do too. If you don't take a moment occasionally, you'll miss things. On my walk yesterday, I happened to stop and look up. Oh....my....goodness....just look at that sky!
