gladness

have i told you lately how very glad and happy i am that i retired and moved? and now i work part time and live in a city?

well, if i haven't, can i tell you how very glad and happy i am that i've retired and moved here to work part time at a job with next to no pressure.

i met up with some old friends tonight. and they asked me if i'd had any second thoughts about it all and without skipping a beat, i answered, "no, NONE!"

these people knew how much i used to work (they were actually my neighbors back in the old town) and they asked if i was ever bored now that i worked just part time. and of course, i answered, "no" again.

and then they asked "what do you do with all your time?"

and first i answered "you know, i couldn't really tell you. a little of this and a little of that. and a lot of nothing. but i've not been bored yet. there's always something to do or somewhere to go if i want to." and then i said "oh yeah, one thing, i know i do more of is sleep."

they looked at me quizzically. i said "back in the day, i never had any time to sleep. and i think it was killing me. i was exhausted all the time. and now i don't have to be to work ever before 9 and it's just wonderful. i feel so much calmer and less overwhelmed. sleep's kind of magical if you ask me."

and just now i read an article about research that suggests that your brain "sweeps" out toxins while you sleep and that there could be a link between lack of sleep and sleep disorders with alzheimer's.

another reason to be so glad.