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Peps and his last day in the classroom! Wow! Decades of teaching and then suddenly no more. A lot of people tell me how envious they are that I'm wrapping it up and I remind them I had to get old first and they still have a lot more time ahead of them than I do. But truthfully, I don't mourn my lost "youth" at all. The years ahead may be fewer, but I am so excited to have more choices about how I will spend them. But even that is not a given. We all know things can change in an instance. So I'm going for it!!! Get it while you can!

Liz, I've had those crowns way in the back of my mouth, and I think it feels a little like being waterboarded. Although, according to one endodontist doing a root canal, I have a roomy mouth. Ah, thanks?

I'm enjoying an ice cold diet coke and then I'm going to go shopping for some bedding plants. Diet coke instead of tea because I'm a bit dehydrated after 2 limoncello martinis last night. They were very good and exactly the type of ****tail I enjoy, sweet/tart in a pretty piece of glassware. I will need to be careful with these!

Good luck at the Art Show! And nice that the weight fell back. It does seem that if we don't keep up with the extra eating that we fall back to where we have been maintaining fairly easily.

So glad your dental experience was a good one!!

Greetings all

Great sunny day. not a cloud anywhere. I survived the dentist. I am always scared of new ones but I have decided this one is quite nice and good. She is Korean and has little tiny hands which makes her much more dexterous. At one point she said something and her assistant said OH no and I got frightened but Dr said she had just had a hot flash. Anyway the crown prep did not take all that long and I am pleased. I did take a Klonipin before I went in.... After that I stopped at the store for wine and soft food like soup and tortellini. Felling smug and prepared.

DD I had a twinge of alarm when you said you were going to your parents on the first day of retirement. Red Flags! Don't want you to get sucked in to having to go there all the time and get nothing done but listening to complaints. Glad you figured out an alternative. First days of retirement should be spent on entirely frivolous activities like staying in jammies and grocery shopping at 10 am on a tuesday. If it were me I would do something devious like put my arm in a sling and claim I can't help. but you are a better person. Just keep in mind the B word. Boundaries.

No-see-ums. Are they the same as mosquitoes? I hate all biting insects which is why I live here because there are not any in the coastal zone. Too cool for them. My friend inland actually encourages them by keeping standing water so that the bats can eat them. No thanks. Our bats will have to find alternative foods.

Good luck on water heater Liz. And good idea. I know more than one person who has left home and come back to a water disaster. One was the ice maker in fridge that flooded the house. Maybe turn water off? My brother used to do that every time he left his weekend house.

So Paula you making more stuff for the art fair! Enjoy. I used to wear a carpenter's apron where I kept all the cash so it was on my person at all times. Summer fairs are starting here soon including Open Studios where you can visit the artist work space. All fun and at the end of the fair you can trade stuff with other artists.

Wow Ann you guys must feel like college students with one bed and 4 chairs. Can't wait to see the finished stuff. So worth it.

So I got the sweet peas and other stuff planted. The sweet peas are preposterously puny pipsqueak plants. Only about 2" tall. Maybe i should have planted seeds. Using plenty of Sluggo to keep the snails from gobbling the petunias.

CCSorry you had an insect attack. Good idea to fill holes. Yeah it does seem that Arizona flora and fauna are out to get you. You need a poolside day. And good plan to get Kirdy snipped along with the toe issue. Its time. My niece the veterinarian had her puppy X-rays to make sure that joint plates were mature before she was spayed. I think that was a little over a year but this is a smaller breed. This is the puppy she got from me Scatty nee Beyonce.

Peps the retirement stuff will be fun. People will say nice stuff to you. Bet you can taste your freedom. Sorry your Dad was wandering. Agree on the bracelet and maybe a different arrangement. The smaller home like care arrangements seem good - I had several clients with experiences with those.

Not much else. I am almost euphoric that the dental experience is over and it was not awful. Life is good.

Diane S

I came up with a genius idea to preserve my 1st week of retirement : we have 3 weeks left of classes so I am going to use a sick day June 6 (a Friday) and go to my parents house Friday and Saturday. We will probably still go for Fathers Day on the 15th, but that is different than "helping". This just feels so much better to me.

My district retirement event is next Thursday. DH and a few work friends who are also being recognized for 15 or 20 years in the district will join me. Then the following week, the retirement happy hour with mostly my department and a few other work friends.

The weather is slowly improving, some sun today and 66. I'm not working tomorrow!! My plan tomorrow morning is to get going early and get some bedding plants. A coolish weekend is probably best for planting.

Off to the fancy grocery store that has a sale on some delicious deli items like chicken cherry pasta salad. It's delectable.