I’m Becoming a Lazy Bum

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When I was laid off my last job (a layoff that I knew was coming because the company was closing down and moving elsewhere–and a layoff I was looking forward to) I decided although I hadn’t reached full retirement age, I would sign up for Social Security. I was tired of dragging myself to work every workday. I had done that most of my life (I was raised on a dairy farm so it was up at the crack of dawn to milk the cows which also had to be milked every evening). After some initial problems I am now getting a check every month (nothing to write home about but it’s money). Most mornings I get up and go to the kitchen. On cold mornings I fix either hot tea or hot cocoa. On hot days I pour a glass of iced tea or fix a glass of cold chocolate milk. Then I’ll get on the computer and check my emails and the local news. Most days I try to write something. Sometime during the day I’ll look out the window and say I need to get out there and do something. For several days I looked out the window and told myself I needed to get out there and mow the lawn. Then I would get back on my computer. One thing I found myself doing is going to YouTube and watching music videos or old show of The Voice or X Factor. The weather forecast for this last Saturday called for rain in the afternoon so I got off my lazy behind and mowed the lawn on Saturday morning. The rains did come so it has been raining on and off ever since. It’s very wet out there right now which we need after the long hot summer we had. On Thursday mornings I do get my rear in gear and go to a critique group. I try to take something I’ve written during the week but the group doesn’t seem to care as long as I can critique what they have written. Last week I took a humorous article I had publishing back in 1999 about Y2K. Everyone got a good laugh out of it and the thoughts of the doom many expected to happen come Y2K. So here I am this morning sitting in front of my computer. I’m not thinking about doing anything outside because it is too wet out there. But I could vacuum or do something inside. Maybe I’ll get off my lazy bottom and do something today. Oh, I can pat myself on the back for doing one thing this weekend. I got busy and made homemade chicken noodle soup. I had to get rid of some left over chicken.