Falls City Namesake

Up Stream

The Falls

Down Stream

Went for a drive yesterday. Lots of sunshine after the rain last week. The rivers are still up a bit. We ended up in Falls City to see what the falls on the Little Luckiamute River looked like. Fairly tranquil up and down stream but at the falls it is very loud and fast. You can see the rainbow caused by the mist and sunshine right in the middle of the picture. The white dot in the middle of the Down Stream photo is a No Trespassing sign. You'd have to be a mountain goat to get down there, though last time we visited there were a few fishermen trying their luck from that side of the river.

Just one of the little gems in our corner of the world.

Retirement

It’s official: I’m retired.

I started the new year not having to worry about getting up on-time. Not having to drive for over an hour to my place of work. Not having to worry about what sort of problems and issues need to be solved and addressed before lunch. It’s nice. Especially since we’ve seen some of the worst driving conditions - snow and ice in several years. Had I still been working I would have telecommuted from home.

Now I have a whole new set of things to worry about: should I get dressed or is it a PJ worthy day? When should I take the dog for a walk? And is there time for a nap in my busy day? Decisions, decisions…

There is a long list of tasks on my To-Do List. Most are things that have been put off for later because of the chunk of time the commute to and from work took out of the day. It’s been a little over a year since we moved into this brand-new house. There is a lot of stuff in the garage that hasn’t moved since the weekend we moved in. P has grand ideas about putting a car in there. Everyone has to have goals, right? We put in a fence to keep the dog from falling into the river and then had a small patio and path to the gate. The house is built on old pasture land so enough green stuff grows that I have to mow it, but we still need to do landscaping and put in a real yard. We have to wait a couple months to start on that.

In the meantime, I’m enjoying not getting up before the crack of dawn every day. Every so often it hits me that I don’t have to worry about work anymore. Ahhhh… 

Just for those two things, what’s not to like about retirement?