I Am Not Retiring!

"What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world, remains and is immortal."

Albert Pine

 Tuesday afternoon at just about 4 o'clock, I parked my bus for the last time.

What began as a 10 hour a week part time job 4 1/2 years ago was over.

In that brief period of time, the job grew and by the time the quarantine came, driving had become "my job".

That does seem to minimize what I have been doing for the last few years ,driving a bus. To be fair to myself, I brought a whole lot more with me than just my CDL.

The highlight of these last years culminated in what we did during the shutdown.

The Senior community that we served needed help, so we began delivering fresh meals on a daily basis, Monday -Friday. That program which we started last March, has grown and is bigger today and serving more of our seniors than during the quarantine itself.

It felt good being more than just a part of that.

Now, some 15,000 plus meals later, it's time for me to move on.

It's time for the next challenge, my next opportunity to add to The Dash.

When I walked into my house Tuesday afternoon, Susan had bought me a card and some balloons emblazoned with the words Happy Retirement!

While the gesture was nice and the sentiment very thoughtful, let me be perfectly clear, I Am Not Retiring!

Retirement to me is the beginning of the end of The Dash.

My Dash is not long enough, not bold enough, not significant enough yet!

My immediate plans are to put all of my energies into getting the new location for The Grooming Shoppe up and running.

The Grooming Shoppe along with the new entity, The Petcare Market, has become a much bigger undertaking than what we had envisioned 2 years ago.

That's a good thing!

You know the old adage, Go Big or Go Home!

(We're going BIG!).

Retirement?

That's a word that just isn't part of my vocabulary.

I'll keep you updated on our progress.

Looking forward to our July 18th Grand Opening Adoption Event!

The only other plans I had for LABD (Life after Bus Driving) was to write again.

Day 2 of the next 100 days!

There ya go!