The Old Man

The Old Man
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

I'm not sure this is a good idea, but i'm doing it because i promised my daughter i would. This blogging comes about as a result of one of my Saturday morning conversations with my youngest daughter. She has been blogging for a while and sees blogging as therapy for anything. Honey, i have a sore elbow. She responds with you need to start a blog, Daddy; it'll be good for you. Anyway, the need for therapy comes from facing the fact that I have been down-sized. For the first time in 50 years, I will be without a job. Forget the fact that I'm already drawing two retirement checks and the latest 'retirement' will net me many additional benefits, the fact remains that I will not have a job. What's a man to do? I was raised in the era where men were supposed to have a job and bring home the bacon. Now, I'm facing the prospect of sitting home waiting for my wife to 'bring home the bacon'. Will I be OK with that? Time will tell. Will my wife be OK with that? Time will tell. One of my co-workers asked me what would I do? I responded with--'something will turn up; it always has in the past'. I have been very blessed throughout my life. Something always comes up. I should have told my co-worker that my daughter will come up with something--I will become a blogger!!
Now, my daughter told me to start a blog. I promised I would and I have. One never wants to disappoint a child, especially the baby. We talked about what I would talk about in my blog. She thinks I've had a fascinating life--I think it has been pretty dull. She has the fascinating life. She and I talk every Saturday morning. Sometimes those conversations last for hours. We talk about anything and everything. This morning the topic of conversation was my transition to the unemployment ranks. I actually didn't feel bad about that prospect until we started talking about it. She thinks I should write a book chronicling my 50 years of employment. I don't think that would be very interesting since I've only had four employers. You see one of my jobs was the U. S. Air Force. I spent 30 years in the Air Force. And the last 12 years, I worked for an Airline. So, 42 years of my life was spent around airplanes. That's quite a feat since I've always had a fear of flying.
Obviously, I'm going to have to put some thought into this endeavor. So suffice to say this particular blog satisfies the promise to my daughter to do something today. Future musings will have to have something interesting to keep both you and I interested. Until next time...

2 comments:

  1. I'm definitely interested and cannot wait to hear what you have to say next! I love you and love that you've started a blog!! Until your next musing . . .

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  2. Nice! I'm interested, too. I'm really interested to find out what you decide is worthy of mention in your long life :)

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