A year ago today I worked my last day as a State of Minnesota employee. I had been preparing for several months, so my last day's activities were limited: last-minute emails, goodbyes, file purging; lunch with the MN.IT team @ Commerce; last log out and key card return; happy hour after work.
In retrospect, it seems that I spent many hours in the following weeks shoveling snow and cleaning house. Bob's knee replacement surgery seemed more all consuming than my own had been a few months earlier. Suddenly, summer was over and we set off on our awesome Grand Canyon trip. I spent much of the fall and early winter recovering from a nasty virus that knocked me off my feet in Ottawa, precluding a long anticipated visit to Montreal.
Despite all our misgivings, the Florida road trip was a great success. The winter of 2013-14 provided a lot of outdoor work and I realized that I am physically stronger than I was a year ago. I haven't published the online book I'd hoped to write ... but I do have several writing and photo projects in the works.
Happy to have the first year under my belt as I look forward to an active spring and summer.
