I retired from Shell after 41 years, and I absolutely loved my job since I was in sales. I made good money, great bonuses and received numerous awards and recognition. I loved my customers and was made for sales since I am an extreme extrovert. I could not, however, handle the politics and other things that made my job so hard and could picture myself having a heart attack at work. In 2011, when we reorganized again, as we did just about every year, I asked for a package and it was approved the next day. For over a month, no one could stand to look at me because I was just beaming with joy, and I haven't regretted it one day. I have found that I am so much busier than I ever was when I worked and healthier too since I am not sitting at a desk all day. I have gotten tired of people who are still working, asking me "what do you do all day - nothing". I decided that I needed an appropriate response. The last time someone asked me that, I replied "If you do nothing all day when you retire, you don't have a life!" That shut the person up and they've never mentioned it again.
Thanks again for all the welcomes. As you can tell, I'm not shy and look forward to sharing and seeing pics of everyone's favorites. I'm sure my wish list will even be longer now.
Vickie - I wasn't thrilled about RV either since it's just a plain red and it took me many years to purchase it, but I'm glad that I finally did. It is beautiful and very reliable, and it's hard to believe that a dormant does so well here in Houston. It's always at the top of the popularity poll for our region. I'm sure you can tell that it's in my pic also.
Hope everyone is having a great Monday!
~Jan
