Moving through life's seasons
I like daydreaming of places I’d like to travel to. Perhaps home to Istanbul? Mostly this is where I like to get there under my own steam or at least to get there fairly independently. As much as I love flying, there is a certain “something” to the satisfaction of arriving in some faraway place on your own. Continue reading “Home to Istanbul?”
Word is getting around that I am leaving the Council and there are some interesting escape plan reactions.
I had agreed with my line manager that I would announce my departure at a monthly team meeting. Continue reading “Escape plan reactions”
Even though I have 10 or 11 weeks to go before retirement, I’m already getting in the right mindset and I LIKE THIS! Here’s a few things going on:
This is something Rachel and I have always done quite well and we are finding that it crops up in our conversations quite regularly. In particular: Continue reading “Getting in the retirement mindset”
We really know how to celebrate in style! Today is the day I have handed in my resignation and we decided to celebrate with a bar of chocolate. Just three months to go!
I wrote the letter last night. Today at work I scanned it so I could send it by email to my manager. I left it a couple of hours before I wrote the covering email and hesitated a little more, just wanting to do the right thing. Continue reading “Three months to go!”
Today I had quite an eventful return to work. It seemed ages since I was last there and I almost managed to completely forget my computer password. I thought the welcome for me was, to be honest, a little subdued and I asked to see my manager, partly as a back-to-work interview and also to tell her of my intentions (i.e. resigning). Continue reading “An eventful return to work”
I have just about made the decision and my escape plan is almost ready.
The plan is escaping from the relentless hassle of work. The worn out Council keyboard says it all. Continue reading “My escape plan”