As of October 1 we started receiving our retirement sized pay check which amounts to about 1/2 what we were getting on active duty. But with minor adjustments we are living life even more fully than we did before! Without the rush and hurry and trying to get things done on the weekends and on rare off days, life is more relaxed and we do things as we feel like it or as they need doing. More time is spent in long conversations, often over nothing major, just for the pleasure of sitting down to chat. Meals are not hurried. Meals are often more nutritious too since the making is not hurried. There's plenty of time for making breads, slow cooking meats, preparing fresh vegetables and fruits. We spend time most mornings doing yoga together, at least Russ and I do, then we linger over cups of coffee asking what the plans are for the day. Sometimes there isn't one. There's time with friends, longer trips with time for family. We pursue interests that have been put to the back burner for too many years. Life has taken on a whole new pattern. And though there may not be the amount of money coming in that there once was, life is richer.
Laugh...Love...Live...Blessed
It's not just a philosophy anymore, it is the way our lives are lived.
