Does he watch network TV? Netflix Youtube? etc. Just wondering. Were there any tricks that helped him do it? Did he use doctors of counselors for a while? Your husband is my hero. That was my full intention, and I've found it hard to do.
Boy does he watch network TV. That man can switch channels like a pro. I get vertigo while he does this and go watch TV elsewhere (bedroom). He doesn't really care for Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc. He loves to watch the news and has a crush on Brian Williams. I'm kidding about that; I'm a nut and you'll soon see more of my nuttiness.
It took some time. You get up and go to work for around 45 years, you aren't going to break that cycle by Thursday. Yeah, you do feel like you want to be back at work. What I found that helped was planning to do things. Say you like to (insert your own fun idea), make a day of it, plan out the trip. Sooner or later, you'll view retirement not as being away from life, but having a life to do with as you wish.
To Daytona Al: I have always had some sort of hobbies and that has kept me very busy for the last 21 years that I have been happily retired. I do floor exercises when I get up. After breakfast I do a daily walk 5 times/week. I also play and sing with my guitar and I'm always looking for more songs. I've got over a thousands songs and still looking for more. I enjoy photography; putting my photos on the computer and sending them to folks. As a former teacher I'm a bookworm and always have a book or two on the go. I read each day. Sometimes I go to the library just to browse. I also have a KOBO e-reader so often download from the library. I have been a world traveler for years and have been to 66 countries. My last trip, just a few weeks ago was to The Yukon, here in Canada. When my wife was alive we used to make wine. I have made 66 batches over the years which amounted to nearly 2,000 bottles. I spend time on the computer but limit it to about 2 hours/day. News is always bad so I only glance at it. Been busy now for a few weeks putting my favourite songs from LP records unto USB sticks. I hate commercials so I have not had cable for over 2 decades. In the evening I watch my own DVDs that I order from Amazon (Gunsmoke, Rawhide, Kokaj, Streets of San Francisco, etc.) I never watch modern movies: can't stand the poor stories, violence and those terrible musical tracks they seem to stick in modern movies. Don't forget: there are 2 meals to prepare, laundry, every Saturday, dusting. I never had or will ever have a boring day. I got no time to volunteer nor do I have any time to sit around and feel sorry for myself. Life is just too short.
Thank you so much fuzzybuddy. I'm not there yet but can see it on the horizon. The next hurtle is prostate surgery next week. That is all tied up with missing my work, and making me bit anxious.
We have exactly the same life. My wife talks on the telephone, cooks, cleans and just loves it. She feels no different than she did if we were working. The only thing is that she is ten years younger and would like to work a few days per seek, but worries about me being alone in this tiny condo. I need to get adjusted, so that she can get back to home nursing a bit.
Thanks so much Pam. I feel like you are becoming a friend. We drove six hours to Tampa for 20 minutes of pre-surgical tests. I assume everything turned out alright and we're on track. We're headed back (accompanied by a wonderful cousin) on the 20th, with surgery on the 22nd. With any luck, I'll be out after one night. I hate to be hospitalized three hours from home, but that it where the advanced robots are and they make all the difference.
I don't like staying in a hospital either. After my last surgery, the surgeon said I could go home; I jumped off that stretcher pretty fast before they sat me in a wheelchair to wheel me out. I was so happy to be going home. Hubby dropped me off and off he went to work a 12 hour shift. I was being watched by my mom from heaven and of course, God.
Your husband sounds like a great and loving guy? What does he do in his 12 hour shifts? I it medical? My wife is a nurse, though taking some time off during out transition.
He was a supervisor in the Emergency Room Admitting Dept. (at a medical center) He's retired.
