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Life & Events > It's Hard Work Being Retired!
 

It's Hard Work Being Retired!

The temperature hit 90 today and will go
down to the 50s tomorrow and we might have a high of 74 so we had to
get going while the going was good---hey, it's going to be cold!!!  LOL

John
came by around 12:30 to pick me up and we went to meet Gino at Tropics
for lunch.  I wasn't aware Tropics had a 'lunch club'--you buy 9
lunches (which only will cost about $99 including tax and tip but then would be buying the lunches there anyway!!LOL) and get the 10th free.

Actually
lunch at Tropics is a good deal--you get a main course which also
includes the salad bar and the latter is impressive with lox, seafood salad, boiled shrimp, ham, cheese, turkey, 2 soups, bagels, 1/2 dozen desserts plus  all
kinds of salad makings and dressings. Most people overeat from the
salad bar and take their main course home for dinner that evening!!!
:O)

Tropics also has specials during the week like 'buy 1 get 1 free', prime rib dinner for $10.50 on Tuesaday evenings and so on.
In any case we all had the club sandwich:



plus a large plate of the salad bar;



and I think I was the only one who had dessert!!!



Chocolate cake, good carrot cake, pound cake, flan.

After
that we went to Target where John looked at rugs and I bought a bed
seat hoping that will help me read in bed at night. After that we went
to Home Depot where I bought a plant for myself--a Penta



and as a small house gift I bought John a begonia for his backyard.



Before
hitting the stores we went to John's place as he wanted me to take a
few pictures in his new townhouse of certain items like the enclosed
covering on one of his chairs which isn't/wasn't his idea. :O)



I
got home about 4, let the birds out of their cages and at 5 went to the
breezeway for the evening get together with some of the Gateway
residents.

Staying in this evening as I
have an appointment with the dermatologist tomorrow and might meet
Allen at Cheddar's for a late lunch. Then I plan to take the bed seat
back to Target  as it isn't what I needed and wanted. The back isn't
high enough even if I put it on pillows..





And
you think retired people have it easy and don't have things to
do--think again, folks, once you retire you meet yourself coming and
going--no rest for the weary! LOL


posted on Apr 6, 2009 6:41 PM ()

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