Showing posts with label retirement thinking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label retirement thinking. Show all posts

Friday, July 27, 2018

Coaxing

I have been thinking about what retirement will be like.  Not the money, or the schedule or the to-do lists, or the relaxation or the clothes or the time...but what will my state of mind be? 

The other day I was waiting for my Aunt to pick me up.  I went to a ball game to see my cousin's son play ball.  I knew I went downstairs early, but I wanted to be out waiting plenty of time, because I knew we were cutting it close to be there at start of game.  A man also staying in the extended stay started chatting...all I can say about him is that he is good at coaxing.  Anyone who gets to know me has to be a little bit patient.  I am not an unfriendly person...I am just not great at small talk.  I don't really care about it.  So, I don't really do it too much.  When the man asked me my name, I told him and mentioned my husband's name...because he had seen us together and I wanted him to get to know my DH too.  DH and I both have very diff approaches to friends...more on this later.  The man's name is Bill, which is funny because DH and I know 2 other very talkative Bill's.