At 66, I'm still working. I'm not asking for a medal, but here's my typical schedule: On the 2 days a week I drive in, I'm usually on the road by 6:30 at the latest. I'm not a morning person, so that often means I've been up since 5 or 5:30. Those days, if I'm home by 7 PM, that's early. Often, even when I've come in early, I work late to avoid traffic. When I do that, I usually don't get home until around 9:00. When I work from home, I try to be online by 7:30 at the latest, and on those days I sign off at 5:00. But when I'm done with work, whether I've driven to FW or spent the day in my house, there are things I must do outside my house, including, among other things, trimming the hedges (monthly), mowing, edging, and weed whacking the lawn, front and back (weekly); bringing in my mail (daily); and watering my potted plants, front and back (daily). So when I'm outside my house doing any of those things in the zillion degree Texas summer heat, I'm not outside to socialize.
All I'm doing is dodging mosquitoes and trying to finish up so I can get back inside, where I can kick off my shoes and make myself some dinner and enjoy the coolness of the air conditioning. I don't want to be mean or rude but I'm not out there to socialize. Really, I'm not.
All I'm doing is dodging mosquitoes and trying to finish up so I can get back inside, where I can kick off my shoes and make myself some dinner and enjoy the coolness of the air conditioning. I don't want to be mean or rude but I'm not out there to socialize. Really, I'm not.
2 comments:
Lol! Fortunately for me, most of my neighbors are not the "stand and chat" type, or I'd be sharing your rant.
LOL! Thanks, Lisa. I know I must sound like an incredible curmudgeon. I've lived in this house for 32 years, and I have great relationships with almost all of my neighbors, except for the woman next door. She previously told me I'm the meanest woman she's ever met (which amused me no end; not the reaction she was looking for); that was in response to my confronting her and saying she should have ASKED me before having locking gates built at either (to which she alone has the keys)which her workmen attached to my fence. Anyway, she's had a change of heart, and has now announced that she's lonely, and she watches for me to appear and if she sees me, she runs over, and talks and talks and talks. *sigh*
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