Counting the Hours

By my calculation, I have 37.5 more hours left in my working life.  That's right--five days from now I will be retired.  I've been quite surprised by the range of emotions that have arisen during the final months of my career.  I love being a speech therapist and that's been a huge part of my identity forthe past 34 years.  So, as much as I'm looking forward to having time to read, quilt and stitch (not to mention getting my house much cleaner and decluttered), I find that I'm sad as well.  I will definitely miss the students but I'm happy that the meetings and paperwork will be a thing of the past. 

Blog posts have gone by the wayside the last two months as I've been preparing for this transition by spending long hours on the aforementioned paperwork  and meetings.  I managed to finish 40 hourglass blocks like these
 
 that will be sewn to sashing like this

to make a quilt for my daughter.  She goes to a college whose colors are red, white and blue, but I wanted to make something in those colors that didn't look patriotic.  I'm hoping to do the layout next weekend, as this week is filled with a retirement dinner for one of my principals, a celebration with the other speech therapists in my school district and our district's high school graduation.  Looks like each and every one of my last work hours is going to fly by!

Comments

  1. RobinJune 9, 2013 at 4:49 PM

    The quilt is going to be a beauty. Congrats to you and having only 37.5 hours left to work. Good for you.

    ReplyDelete
  2. KarenJune 9, 2013 at 5:39 PM

    Congratulations on your retirement! Can't wait to join in a few years... enjoy your last week. Happy stitching and quilting...

    ReplyDelete
  3. LynnJune 9, 2013 at 6:41 PM

    Enjoy your last week Susan!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. MysteryKnitterJune 28, 2016 at 11:54 AM

      Enjoy the last week! (I am reading in chronological order, so that's why these messages may seem odd.)

      Delete
  4. MargaretJune 9, 2013 at 7:12 PM

    I hope your last week of work is sweet and wonderful and that your retirement is joyful and happy! Love that quilt you're making for your daughter. The colors are gorgeous!

    ReplyDelete
  5. FayeJune 10, 2013 at 3:27 AM

    The day I'm down to my last week, you will hear all the way from North Carolina!!!!! I have 4 yes...sigh.... But I'm getting there!! I enjoy your blog and the wonderful goodies you create :)

    ReplyDelete
  6. TerriJune 10, 2013 at 9:37 AM

    Best of luck to you in your final week. I remember having those same feelings when I made the decision a little over a year ago.

    I cannot wait to see your non-patriotic red, white, and blue quilt.

    ReplyDelete
  7. woolwomanJune 10, 2013 at 1:49 PM

    Susan - I am so happy for you that you did make the decision to retire. I can imagine you would have mixed emotions about it but I think once you get thru the process and all the red tape - you will settle right in and just love it. After all - you deserve it right? Give any more thought to coming back to Jax for our Sept class ? take care - chin up and face to the wind - YGG - love Mel

    ReplyDelete
  8. Jackie's StitchesJune 10, 2013 at 3:02 PM

    I was just thinking of you and thinking that you must be working your last days. I hear retirement is busier than ever (so the super clean house might not happen) but busy with exactly what you want to do. It's an exciting time!

    Your daughters quilt blocks look great and I definitely think you're going to pull off the red, white and blue theme without being patriotic.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Anna van SchurmanJune 11, 2013 at 5:26 AM

    Good luck with retirement. So far for my parents it seems like being in college without the homework! :)

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

For the Good Times

Image
Today is my 35th wedding anniversary. We were married in the church in my hometown in southeast Nebraska. No air conditioning and people thought my husband was nervous when they saw him shaking his leg. He was just trying to get the sweat to run down it a bit faster! Mine was the first of three weddings my parents planned, and since I had spent the summer in Pennsylvania working and setting up our new apartment, most things fell to my mother. My parents decided to have the reception in my hometown and that meant there was only one venue--the "supper club." Actually, this was the basement of the local pool hall/bar and had formerly been a bowling alley when my mother was a teenager. Although there wasn't a private room, my parents figured very few people other than wedding guests would be there since it was also the weekend of the county fair. Sometimes I miss life in small town Nebraska. Mostly not. Turned out they were right, but choosing that venue also meant that they...
Read more

WIP Wednesday

Image
We are not so patiently waiting for spring to arrive in southeastern Pennsylvania.  Four nor'easters in March is just cruel and I've had enough of this cold weather.  The upside is that it makes it easy to stay inside and stitch.  I'm making progress on a few things, but for reasons not clear to me, I've had a hard time settling down with one project.  I had the pleasure of taking two classes with Catherine Theron at the end of March.  You can see the projects she taught on the Salty Yarns website by clicking on the Events tab.  When I got home I was inspire to find the piece from the first class I took from Catherine at the Delaware Valley Historic Sampler Guild  many (maybe 10??) years ago.  This will become a Quaker sewing case. During class, I struggled putting in the black for the Florentine pattern which is why I put it away all these years.  After looking at it closely, I found and corrected several mistakes.  I fill...
Read more

At Long Last

Image
I finally have a finish!  Here is Susan Rambo in all her wrinkled glory.  I stitched it on a vintage 36 count fabric that is close in color to the amber/toasted almond Wichelt fabric called for in the SANQ chart.  The fibers are Needlepoint Inc silks.  I love the colors and this is my all-time favorite sampler. 
Read more