jnerges
Hear that ticking sound?
As we get older we sometimes begin to doubt our ability to "make a difference" in the world.
It is at these times that our hopes are boosted by the remarkable achievements of other "seniors" who have found the courage to take on challenges that would make many of us wither.
Scooter Trash is such a person:
THIS IS QUOTED FROM SCOOTER:
"I've often been asked, 'What do you do now that you're retired?'
Well...I'm fortunate to have a chemical engineering background and one of the things I enjoy most is converting beer, wine and whisky into urine.
It's rewarding, uplifting, satisfying and fulfilling. I do it every day and I really enjoy it."
Scooter should be an inspiration to us all.
That's good stuff.
I just checked subscribed threads and realized I dump my emotional handbag out on the table and ran off for almost two years without a follow up. I retired 2 years ago this month. My last big trip was Sedalia, see you in St. Paul.
Since then, I really stuck it to the man. I took my GI Bill (No kids) and went back to school for music. Uncle Sam picks up the tab, tuition and pays me 1500 bucks a month to go to college. I keep waiting for the police to show up and arrest me for stealing. I told the VA benefits lady that I didn't feel I deserved it, she told me to shut up: "You been shot at, take the money and go to school".
I am a 53 year old college sophomore with Master's Degree in Trauma and Critical Care Nursing. It's like I am a gorilla and they put me in the penguin exhibit at the zoo. The handlers like me because I show up on time, do the home work and try hard. The penguins like me because I'm a gorilla, sort of like going to the zoo and looking at the, well, a gorilla. The zoo keepers really like me when I tell bullies to shut their pie hole in class. I am very different than the penguins but they don't seem to mind. Plus the penguin population at my college appears to be in a perpetual Victoria Secrets underwear ad. That's kind of weird.
But music..., picking it up late in life, that's really tough. Not the course work necessarily but leaving your ego at the door. Getting you musical teeth kicked in on a daily basis. This is harder than Iraq deployments. That, I understood. But starting over, being so different, that has been a real education.
So that's me, what have you been up to since you retired?