89. Coming into view: The End of my Sabbatical

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Hello, everyone. It will be helpful for you to read (or reread) post #85 before beginning this post. Click here.

About the same time I posted #85 about my sabbatical, I also gave my notice of retirement to my employer, such retirement planned for the end of February. And so, with great joy, as of today Feb 16th, I have only 7 more days at work, two this week and five next week!

O joy, O praise, Hallelujah! Hurray, o joyous day! But I digress.

It is not all joy, for I have worked with wonderful people with whom I've had a great relationship for almost 8 years! I will miss them -- but I'll come back and visit from time to time.

And what's more, perhaps I'll meet them HERE, when some of them comment. That'll be nice.

But on the first of March, I still won't be up to full speed here (my normal speed: a post every day or two), but maybe by mid-March !!

I hope I'll see you back soon, and we'll take up where we left off.

Give me a shout-out (also called a comment) on this post if you're reading this.

Blessings to you,
Larry
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85. The blogmeister is taking a sabbatical.

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Sabbatical: any extended period of leave from one's customary work, esp. for rest, to acquire new skills or training, etc.
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Yes, I could say Amen! to all of the above definition -- esp the "etc."

The "etc." includes (1) my wife having a much slower recovery from
4-toe surgery and from a recent bronchoscopy procedure than we would have hoped. And then, there are other impending issues, like (2) the holidaze, (3) preparing tax information which I need to file in early January, (4) preparing the house for new construction (adding a couple of rooms), and I'm ready for a sabbatical!

A personal observation: As I saw the things above rushing toward our family, it became less of a joy and more of a chore to study and prepare the posts, and where previously the posts came almost daily (more ideas than time to post them), now it is fewer ideas and almost no time to post them.

It may be that I will post things from time to time during my sabbatical. I cannot tell that from this point. So, if you have this blog as a favorite, please keep it on your list, and check in from time to time. AND, I will definitely answer all comments (since my email notifies me when you do so) during the interim.

And then there is this:

While we are waiting, most of the blog content here does not become less meaningful with age, but rather, more meaningful! If you start again at #1, you'll see new things that have now become more important (and perhaps more understandable) due to the speed of world happenings.

Thanks for your active interest, and continue those comments!
I hope to see you again here early in the new year.

May God grant to you grace, mercy and peace, until we meet here again.

Larry