I know I took a lot of time off so I owe an update. Life is going along just fine. I still get plagued with the little stuff like an hour phone call making corrections and adjustments for every piece of mail I get. Like going to the bank for a stack of new singles only to be involved in a two week debacle that ended with me going to a branch bank in Chinatown. The community there needs them all the time when travelling. I leave for China on Tuesday, the 29th. I’m very apprehensive since I’m going alone, but hey, it’ll be an adventure. It's a long trip, hitting all the major cities from Shanghai to Hong Kong with a Yang Si River cruise along the way. Hope it's quiet in Bejing. Packing, working and tying up loose ends is more than a full time job every day lately. I got a new tenant for the condo without having to advertise and go through an extensive screening process. That was a huge concern of mine that will give me a free mind to enjoy the trip even more. In my whole life I never before felt this way about going anywhere.
Working again has proven to be a challenge and finally is turning out to be somewhat lucrative. It’s hard to believe I faced so many challenges this year. Art, politics, religion, the world of finance and establishing a social life again should keep my body, soul and mind in shape, the body doesn’t look so good but perhaps will keep it from deteriorating faster than it already has.
Retirement is cool in the sense that I can and do choose what to do every day except at tax time. It’s such an agonizing experience every year. Whew, it’s over and I just noticed more than a quarter of this year has disappeared already. I remain happy with the choices I’ve made for this part of my life. I never would have accomplished so much if I were not in Vegas.
I hope to keep a diary of this adventure and will give a full report in about a month or so. I miss my family more than ever knowing that I’m going to be so far away. I want to give a “family” hug to everyone I love and hold near and dear.
‘Till next time.....Betty
