Umm, where have I been?

Well, if you ever did start reading my blog I'm sure you gave up because it has been almost a year since I last posted.  I was excited about my upcoming retirement, remember?  I had all these wonderful things I was going to do, paint, decorate the house, keep the road hot running hither and yon.  Yeah, that didn't happen. 
I'm retired, I can stay up all night and sleep till I awake.  What?  No schedule to keep?  Yes, I reveled in it for about a minute then the depression set in.  Nobody needed me on a daily basis and I wasn't contributing anything anywhere.  The thing about depression, you make up your mind that you will do such and such and then "bam" the depression monster strikes and you find yourself stalling, staying at home lying on the sofa watching TV people (fake people no less) live their exciting lives.  Yes, I am also an emotional eater.  Doesn't bode well for the physical or mental me.

Have gained weight, let myself, friendships and the house "go".  I know in my heart I'm spending too much time alone and I purpose to depression monster, lets name her Rosemary, shall we { Oh yes she smells wonderful and tastes great but if you leave her to her own ministrations she will consume everything around.}
that we get out of the house and go volunteer somewhere.  But then she reminds me we will have to iron our clothes, put on makeup and do our hair and it just seems like so much work, I back out.

So, after reading a friend's blog about her weight loss struggle and her amazing journal towards trim and slim not to mention her self-esteem, I am going to call my wonderful therapist tomorrow and see about an appointment.  If I make an appointment I daren't miss it!!!!! 

See you tomorrow.  Hopefully. Maybe.  Sigh.

Another day closer

Yep. Another day closer to freedom! 18 1/2days left. Couldn't come too soon. Especially after hearing what our esteemed leader,aka supertindent, thinks of us nurses. Let's just hope he doesn't suffer a heart attack and his life depends on the expertise of one of his school nurses! Payback is a bitch! No, we all took that dang oath. Sigh. Anyway met my girlfriend for sushi to commiserate and she introduced me to a Grey Goose vodka dirty martini.Ahhh, I can face tomorrow. Bring it on kids!

First post

So, I'm new to this whole blogging thing but what the heck. Maybe this will turn in to something with which others can relate. Here I am with 20 days and counting until I am officially retired from a career as a school nurse. Whatever will I do to wean myself from daily lice checks. I hope I don't find myself in a line somewhere suddenly running my hands through the hair of the unlucky person immediately in front of me. Might be hard to explain to the security officer.
I have had someone tell me I will find myself with too much time on my hands. Whaaat? Me thinks not. I have lovely children and grandchildren to visit, paintings to paint, pictures to take with my nifty camera, jewelry to design and make, many books to read,much, much music to enjoy, movies to view and hopefully many, many trips to take. Now you may have noticed I didn't mention mountains to climb, marathons to run or gardening....yeah no. I accept my physical limitations and my dislike of playing in the dirt.
Well, I will sign off now and peruse the tv selection. Hey, don't judge, it is Saturday and come Monday I will be once again hunting down head lice.