I'd never been in a parade before...

Until 7-13-2024, that is.

Seen parades on TV and in person in the past...but I'd never marched in one until last week.

I'm on a couple of committees at our church, and one of the things we wanted to do was take part in this year's Heartland Pride Parade.

And I'm glad I participated alongside thousands of other people.

I mean, for all the many, many things that make us unique individuals, we're still one...we're still members of the human race.

It's all over...it's all over

On Wednesday, 10-5-2022, during the 12:00 Noon hour, I made a phone call to the human resources department at the company I joined on Monday, 1-26-2004. And I told the department: "I've decided to retire, effective today."

Eighteen years, eight months, one week, and two days at the same plastics factory here in Omaha. Bottom line: My body and my mind just couldn't take the rigors anymore.

I'll be 67 on 11-11-2022.

Got tired of the traffic hassles...parking hassles...hassles due to lower product standards...increasing pressures at the factory.

Since calling it quits at the plastics plant, I've been devoting more time to my screenwriting/TV writing efforts. (I can now read whole screenplays in one fell swoop...one sitting. Previously, working in that factory forced me to read ten pages at a time...and confined my own writing to weekends.)

Got some hobbies I want to get back to...such as playing computer sports games more often than in recent years (in addition to stepping up efforts to digitize my vinyl albums).

Plus: As long as things work out, I can get "Boston's Blog" back to once-a-month status.

To top it all off: I feel a lot better since making my retirement official.

Now it's your turn: If you've recently called it quits, how do YOU feel?