Air Quality Alert

The story of my summers here in the Baltimore area:

AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY JUNE 21...

THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT HAS ISSUED A CODE ORANGE
AIR QUALITY ALERT MONDAY FOR THE BALTIMORE METRO AREA.

A CODE ORANGE AIR QUALITY ALERT MEANS THAT AIR POLLUTION
CONCENTRATIONS WITHIN THE REGION MAY BECOME UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE
GROUPS. SENSITIVE GROUPS INCLUDE CHILDREN...PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM
ASTHMA... HEART DISEASE OR OTHER LUNG DISEASES...AND THE ELDERLY.
THE EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION CAN BE MINIMIZED BY AVOIDING STRENUOUS
ACTIVITY OR EXERCISE OUTDOORS.

It is tedious, boring, and I don't really take these too seriously anymore. I hate to be confined to my house - House Arrest! Since I cannot see it, smell it, taste it, bad air quality doesn't seem "real" to me. And I am used to how my lungs work (or do not) by now and don't feel much of a sifference if I go outside on days such as today.


Will I regret this down the road a bit? Do I care today!

RETIRED

At long last - I am retired from the world of the gainfully employed! It only took me 47 years to get here. But finally, May 26, 2010, I am retired.

Everyone has been asking me, "What are you going to do?"

Well, why do I have to DO anything! That is my immediate response. I have been doing for decades and it's nice to stop for a bit.

Retired.

adj. (1590) from the verb "retire" (MF retirer to withdraw)

• To withdraw from action or danger.
• To withdraw, especially for privacy.
• To move back; recede.
• To withdraw from circulation or the market.
• To withdraw from one's position or occupation; having concluded one's working or professional career.

Or is it Re-Tire? I become tired again? Weary? Over and over?

Or Re-Tire as in I put different wheels on my car. I retire the car. 

Fun to think about - and now I have all the time in the world! I am RETIRED!