Retirement I am still learning how to be retired. I don’t miss work. I do miss the people. Retirement has been interesting from the standpoint that it started out great with Laura and I getting the chance to travel to Europe in both 2018 and 2019. At the end of 2019 I needed a hip replacement, which sidelined me for a couple months, but as soon as I was back up to speed, the pandemic hit and put a halt to our travel ambitions. I continued to play tennis through the pandemic. I deemed it to be low risk and it kept me sane. I still play 3 times a week and have played in over 700 sanctioned USTA matches. You would think I would be better at the game. In early 2022, I was experiencing shoulder pain and eventually had to stop exercising and playing tennis. I suffered 2 significant rotator cuff tendon tears and severed my bicep tendon. All of which had to be surgically repaired in April of 2022. The recovery was death! Long and arduous with slow gains and lots of pain along the way. While the shoulder is better again, I still fight through the daily pain of an arthritic knee which has been operated on twice including an ACL rebuild. I have no tattoos although I would like to get some but I do have 9 scars from accidents and surgeries. So, two major surgeries and a pandemic have hampered my retirement, but I am patched back together and ready to pick up the pace again with more plans. Still lots more places to travel and see and hopefully lots more time spent with family and friends.
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