Exclamation Marks!
Today is Saturday - at least that is what the calendar says - I really do not keep track to the days of the weeks because I am retired! I have said it many times before and many ways that I love being retired and I still love it! Can there be too many exclamation marks in a posting? I think back to that episode of Seinfeld where Elaine breaks up with one of her many boyfriends because he will not use an exclamation mark. Well, being retired definitely deserves exclamation marks!It is not an exciting day by any means. I just finished a library book called Appaloosa by the author who wrote the Spenser series of books. It was a decent book and the reading was fast. It is a western and basically could be called "
Spenser Goes Wild West".
Mrs. Ex-Fed is out with a group of Red Hat Society ladies at some function in Baltimore. Sort of a strange concept to wear red hats and some purple clothing but at least they are having fun. It is a good way to meet some new people for Mrs. Ex-Fed although she continues to see her old friends (some older than others) from her old agency - and some of them retired on the same day as she did! Wow, another exclamation mark!
Naturally, I have friends who are still working - or should I say, still employed. Some of them are thinking about retirement in the next year or two. The government is going to be real short of agency knowledge when that happens. The person that took my place had worked for another agency, the one that took Jimbo's place worked for another agency, and the recent hires in staffing also have been from other agencies. This does not do anyone any good. When a field specialist calls in to the central office for answers, they want an experienced specialist to tell them of agency policies that may not be written anywhere. If a central office specialist has only the same written answers as available to the field specialist, there is no use for the central office specialist. Our leaders have to think about succession planning and this has been an agency problem for the past few years. People retire and there is no expert to take their place.
Once again I have to say to all who read this posting - if you are eligible to retire and have the financial means to have a good retirement life, DO IT NOW! There is just so much to do - even if you do nothing - it is so much better than commuting to work (thinking about terrorists), and just do some volunteer things that you find enjoyable - on your own terms.
posted by Ex-Fed @ 10:04 PM
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