Feeling like it is the right thing to do, and needing more freedom, I gave notice today that I will not be renewing my Interim contract when these three months are up in early October. I would have served nine months by then, and have not really had any vacation. So I am very much ready for a change. At first when I began to think about the work ending, I was worried about "what I would do".
We got the church newsletter in the mail, and there were a number of events I wanted to put on the calendar. Some things we will continue, even after I am not on the staff. I want to attend my grand-daughter's home volleyball games, so those are on the calendar now. We have a trip planned in October to visit friends in South Carolina. I now belong to the Ladies Literary Club, and that will start up in September. Suddenly the calendar is full without even trying!
Actually, not having things to do has never really been a problem in our lives. We were both on the School board when we met and fell in love and decided to get married. That is so all consuming, in terms of time and energy and effort, people wondered how we would manage when neither of us were on the Board any more. Our resignation from the board and engagement announcement made the front page of the local newspaper. Gerry's quote in that article has proved to be prophetic for all these years. He said, "I think we'll find plenty of things to do."
And oh how true that has been!
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