A Tale of Two Dogs ... Sort of

Kodi and Bear tucked away for a long drive.

Back in the day, when The Nuke was single and lived in Alexandria, VA, one of the highlights of each visit with her was taking her dogs out for a walk. Seems like a mundane thing but it's how we bonded with our "granddogs."

Now Bear (she's the brown one in the photo, she's a shepherd/chow mix) viewed each outing as an adventure, a thing to take her time on and enjoy every moment. Picture her stopping every few feet to smell something she found interesting. She was a big believer in stopping to smell the roses (and sometimes peeing on them).

Kodi, on the other hand (she's a pit bull/lab mix) viewed these outings as a mission. There was a destination, same place every time, and something to do at that destination. Mind you, she enjoyed these outings a great deal, but they were missions, not adventures.

While Bear was stopping and sniffing, Kodi marched on, head down, fixed in purpose and mien, determined to get the job done, then get back to the apartment.

Now today is my last day at work, my last day of full-time employment. Since 1972 I've been more like Kodi than like Bear. I was "on mission," I had a reason and a purpose for getting up everyday.

Now I can stop and "smell the roses" (no, I won't pee on them like Bear) and pretty much do what I feel like doing.

It feels a bit odd not having to head in to work any more, the novelty will eventually wear off, I'm sure.

That's all for now.

Blogging might get sparse as the holidays proceed.

We shall see.

Right now I don't really feel pressed to do much of anything.

Because I'm, ya know, retired.

Think I'll take the dogs for a walk ...