What’s not to love about retirement. I’m feeling free as a bird. Ready to do anything. We’ve really enjoyed the past year and a half. Spent a month in Panama with my beloved sister Linda and brother in law Stan, travelled across the Atlantic on Celebrity cruises visiting ports in the Canary Islands, Spain, France and Italy. Stayed a few days in a cute little Airbnb in Rome and toured the Vatican and ate pasta in a neighborhood restaurant. We traveled to Connecticut and Maine in winter and summer. Spent several days with daughter Bethany, her husband Jay and of course granddaughters Molly and Ashlynn along with son Colin in a lovely cabin on a tranquil lake in Maine. Ate plenty of lobster and visited several bakeries. So much fun.
Of course we spent a week or so traveling the Florida coast looking for a home. We had put our house on the market and had planned to sell but ultimately decided that we could travel from good old South Carolina. We really would miss our many friends and the cost of living is low. Plus we live five minutes from Lake Murray where we keep our 23 foot O’Day sailboat. Just too much to give up.
So now we are in Florida for a few weeks enjoying the sunny warmer weather. Yesterday it was in the 80s and Bruce and I lounged by the pool. Last night we met up with my sister Lorraine and her boyfriend Al, his daughter and son in law and their two year old for dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. It was a lovely time. I haven’t seen Lorraine in five years but it was like old times – I do hope we get together again and not let another five years go by.
Today is a little cooler so no pool time. Maybe a walk by the wetlands. I will let you know tomo
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