Lainey, just enjoy it! Look at the bright side you cant hate Bass, Jerry or Myself no more for having fridays off.

 

it's the other four days off too that are bothering me.

 

The longer the reduced hours last, the longer before you'll have to worry about retirement. ;-) Just kidding.

Seriously, I hope it doesn't last too long. My employer hasn't cut employee hours yet, but the IT contractors had a couple of 20-hour weeks recently.

 

Lainey, it takes a while for people who have no inside hobbies to adjust. I always have had them, so it's never been a problem.

Here's just a few items off my winter projects list:

Oil paint

Convert favorite old records to CD

Work on Genealogy; includes learning new software

Finish up some model cars I started

Read several books I didn't have time for in the summer

Work on MG club history DVD covering over 1/4 century; includes learning new software

Convert favorite old VCR tapes to DVD

Research and order items for MGA rebuild

Get ready to do taxes

Need I go on...

Oh, and I do clean the house, walk the dog, and shovel the snow - daily it seems

Never have the tv on during the day - the pc is a big enough waste of time.

 

I'm housebound a whole lot more than I like these days. I regularly exercise on equipment in the basement and read stacks of magazines for hours a day. We're doing some painting these days. I have been stripping down motorcycles, cleaning them, doing some maintenence, and putting them back together. We do more family meals now than during the summers. I drive to town more often these days and take my Dad out to lunch and drink a beer or two and chat with him. Time seems to go quick, and I mostly stay busy. However, I'm not very content or satisfied. +1 is much less restless than I. We'll watch some TV in the evenings. To be honest, I find winter less tolerable with every year. I walk regularly, but I skip if it's too cold, windy, wet, and nasty. I miss not walking. Though we stay busy, it sucks.
But, we are leaving next week for places way south for most of the next couple of months.

 

I'm not allowed to answer because I don't qualify.

This comes to mind, though, if I did

 

I've always figured when it came time to retire I'd probably do it in May so I could enjoy the summer rather than in the winter.

 

Sums it up nicely.

Dave, you do keep busy.

John, sounds like I'd feel the same as you if this was something more permanent. Have fun when you head to warmer weather.

OK, time to put the clothes in the dryer.

 

Thanks, Ed.

You're right about that retirement thing. It's just a pipe dream right about now anyway.