Time Rolls On

Time Rolls On

As I am approaching the end of May of this year, I will have been with the City Govt for 6 years, which means my retirement ceremony  was 7 years in December.  Time Rolls On doesn't it.

My tenure with the City of Alexandria continues.

As with a lot of folks that I know, who have retired in the last few years or about the time of my retiring from the State, there is an uneasiness in our voices about what we are doing.

Its an unspoken uneasiness, but there is something there, this group I am speaking of, myself included, seems to have some hesitation in describing how they feel about where they are in Life, in General.

We can talk about trips, events, dinner parties, doctor appointments, grandchildren, passings of folks we have known. But in the voice of the  person, slightly detected, is that hesitation about how they really feel about what they are doing now.

Whether its cutting the grass or going to the second career job, we are not directed as we once where.

Most of us have worked our entire lives, beginning in high school or college, carrying on with our designated careers, achievements, etc.  Its that need to be directed I think is at the heart of the matter.

Directed....... for a purpose, way of life, working, leisure, anything.

Also, taking into account our age and where we are is difficult to sometimes come to grips or reality with.... As my sister has said, we are in the Last Quarter of the Game.... I just hope its a long quarter...maybe some overtime.

Just as Time Rolls On.... my thoughts roll on too.

Yesterday, I had oral surgery to remove the no. 14 molar.  The Good Dr. Levy put me way under, into the deep deep sleep, full anesthesia , with the big light and nurses hurrying around everywhere.  ..... A buzz of active.  The root cause of this taking of my molar was that the crown had broken and the tooth itself had become very infected.

When I awoke yesterday, I had 8 stitches in my upper jaw bone, semi lucid, and really not caring about the world in general.

Today, I have no pain, on 2000mg a day antibiotic for the next few days.  Hopefully this will all come to a happy ending.

No extracurricular activities for a 7 to 10 day period, don't want the dreaded dry socket.

All in all I did push my self where I should have taken it a lil bit easier today, but didn't... I am now in bed and headed shortly to the land of Nod.