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Mostly, it's going smoothly. We both have enough (separate things) to do away from home that we are able to give each other enough space and time to just breathe and "be" by ourselves.
This was one of my concerns. After having freedom to order my days as they seemed to fit what I want and need to do, I couldn't imagine what it would be like to have my husband here all day, every day - observing how I spend my days. I think hubs is actually a little surprised at all I have going on. When I mention that tomorrow (or later in the day) I'm going to go do... whatever it is I have scheduled on that day, he's surprised - even though he knows I've been doing these things. I guess seeing is believing - and if his reactions are any indication, I'm thinking he didn't quite believe my life was so full when he was at work all day. lol
But we are also finding ways to be together that we didn't have much opportunity for before...
On Thursday of last week (after hubs and I took an hour-long walk in the cool of the morning), he trimmed some bushes while I power-washed the back of the house, the deck, and a patio area. It's always an exhausting job, but this time I needed half of the next day to recover. I've concluded from that that I really need to do some weight training. I thought my right arm was going to fall right off when I tried to sleep that night. Okay... yes, that's a little bit of an exaggeration, but exhausted as I was, sleep only came after I finally took several extra strength Ibuprofen.
This week, I hope to make some progress culling through stuff. Possibly craft stuff. Possibly clothes. Maybe books. So many choices of things to downsize... It's a bit of a scary thought, but I'm contemplating photographing my progress (or maybe just photographing what leaves the house). I think that would be interesting. Might be motivating. Could be humiliating. Hmmm... We'll see...
Tomorrow hubs is helping his mother out - transporting her to two different doctors' appointments. She lives about an hour north of us, so that's easy enough to do. Easy, perhaps isn't the right word, but he's glad to be able to do it, I know. Various ones of us have helped out with these kinds of things in recent years, but it's so good that he can do this more easily now - without taking a day of vacation from work.
All in all, I'm finding the blessings in hubs' retirement. And for that perspective I am truly thankful.
I'll try to remember to post more as those blessings occur to me. 😊
Tomorrow hubs is helping his mother out - transporting her to two different doctors' appointments. She lives about an hour north of us, so that's easy enough to do. Easy, perhaps isn't the right word, but he's glad to be able to do it, I know. Various ones of us have helped out with these kinds of things in recent years, but it's so good that he can do this more easily now - without taking a day of vacation from work.
All in all, I'm finding the blessings in hubs' retirement. And for that perspective I am truly thankful.
I'll try to remember to post more as those blessings occur to me. 😊
