Thank you all for your good wishes and your suggestions. I drove home with an empty trunk or boot(no more samples nor catalogs); the car seemed peppier.
My wife had the biggest smile on her face when I got home---we'll see how long that lasts!
Now I'll actually have time to go places like the Lone Pine Cowboy Festival, and mid-week concerts I've had to miss. If I want to get an ice cream at 3am, I will.
For those of you professing jealousy, you too will retire...young if you get rich, or like me after 44 years...still young these days.
John