Sunday, 13 August 2023

Officially retired!

 

This will be me tomorrow when my colleagues go back to work! 😂😂😂

Today is my official retirement date and frankly I couldn't be happier 😊😊😊

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  1. Bless you, what a great feeling that must be!

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  2. Aww Congratulations xxx what a feeling of freedom!! Xx

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  3. Congratulations! My daughter is a secondary school teacher, she wishes she could retire but she's only 30!! Glad to see Luna is on the mend & back to her antics.

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    1. Thanks! Tell her to get planning for it now!! :-)

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  4. Congratulations! X

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  5. Congrats. Wishing you every happiness in your retirement.
    I cĂ n still remember the horrid anxiety Ă t the start of a new school year. And being overwhelmed by the amount of work! I miss the students but not teaching.

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    1. Thanks! No more Sunday night dread!! :-)

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  6. Congratulations! Is there going to be a party?

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    1. Thanks! I had a party in June but might do a family meal at some point :-)

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  7. Fabulous. I can only imagine how lovely that will feel tomorrow. Freedom, no stress, and hopefully good health.

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    1. Thanks! Yes, looking forward to the improvement in health :-)

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  8. 10 years on from retirement, I still say a little thank you to the heavens each Sunday night, for not having that awful feeling that I will be climbing back onto the treadmill for yet another week, it will be the best thing you've ever done - times will be tight, but you'll do it - it's also surprising just how much money it costs to go out to work - Enjoy - CraftyNan xxx

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    1. I've been through the tight times before when I was totally unprepared for it. This time I'm ready :-)

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  9. Retirement is absolutely wonderful, here's to yours being long and filled with happiness x
    Alison in Wales x

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  10. Congratulations !
    You've worked long and hard for this day.
    Enjoy it

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  11. Enjoy tomorrow and all the other tomorrows now that you are no longer tied to an all consuming job.❤️Catriona

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  12. Congratulations! What a wonderful feeling to have that burden lifted off your shoulders. And your mind! It's the best! ~ skye

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    1. Thanks, really looking forward to that feeling :-)

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  13. Welcome Ali to your ‘new world’ just enjoy everything that retirement presents to you and have all the fun you deserve 🙏😘💐🥂🌞. Jan in Castle Gresley

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  14. Hooray! Have a wonderful retirement

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  15. Tomorrow is MondaySaturday, then comes TuesdaySaturday, and WednesdaySaturday..........Congratulations and enjoy EverySaturday!

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  16. congratulations, i hope you enjoy every day xx

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  17. Congratulations :-)

    From now on every Monday will hold the promise of a brand new week of doing whatever you want to do or need to do for your own wellbeing and happiness. I wish you a long and happy retirement and many, many days frugally squirrelling away all the beautiful fruits and veggies that you grow.

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    1. Thanks Sue! Can't stop smiling this morning :-)

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  18. Sit back, put your feet up and enjoy. Now you can do whatever you would like to do.

    God bless.

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    1. Thanks, can't wait to do just that! :-)

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  19. Enjoy!! I took early retirement from teaching due to Parkinson's Disease. I am happy to report that the thrill of freedom has never faded. No " Sunday night feeling ", no clock watching, no stress..... Happy retirement. Lynn. x

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  20. Woo hoo. That wonderful feeling doesn't go away. We don't start until September here in England but I will still feel that surge of joyous freedom, even at the start of my ninth year out.
    Enjoy!
    xx

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    1. Thanks, it's like a weight has just lifted off my shoulders this morning:-)

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  21. Happy Monday and the start of your retirement. I wonder if like Joy, you will still think of the the start of each term. But freedom to do the things you choose, when you want to do them......enjoy.

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    1. Thanks! I have so many teacher friends still working I think I'll always note the start of the new terms because they'll remind me! :-)

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  22. Happy Retirement! I thought of you today when I saw the teachers leave the school round the corner from us! I can still remember how great it felt on Mondays when I retired 12 years ago now!! I was quite poor then but now I get the state pension (at last!) and I feel positively rich lol. Enjoy your freedom and wishing you good health too.
    ps. sorry to hear about your puppy's tummy woes I should think the breeder should indeed pay a good chunk of the money for the vet. x

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    1. Aww, thanks! I've got 10 years until I get my state pension so hopefully can manage being poor until then :-)

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