I went to two training sessions for volunteering this week, one a short-term political group, the other a longer-term local research center. This is me finding ways to get out into the community and have good human interactions. The thing about retiring, even if it is from a toxic workplace is that the management is what was toxic, my co-workers were great and I miss them. Retirement means building a new family and access to those old co-worker friends.

I can't believe how much rain we've had here in North Texas over the last six weeks or more. It's like living in a rain forest instead of a prairie. When it does dry out I have a lot of work to do out in the yard. I need to set up a work space in my garage to do some things that normally would happen on the patio or at the side door.