As Frank Sinatra would say…
And now, the end is near;
And so I face the final curtain.
My countdown calendar says 0 days till retirement. Technically, tomorrow is the last day so I guess the calendar was off by a day. However, after tomorrow…
I will no longer get up at 0500 to get ready for work (I hope)
I will never wear a fire department uniform again
I will never drive another piece of fire equipment
I will never put on protective gear or wear an SCBA
Hopefully, I will never be in another burning building
I will never experience the same camaraderie and feeling of family with my coworkers
However, I will step through the threshold into the unknown and paint a new picture.
I heard these words at my nephew’s graduation several years ago…
“Don’t cry because it’s over; smile because it happened”
Thanks for stopping by…
;o)
