{"id":7871,"date":"2021-12-30T22:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T03:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/?p=7871"},"modified":"2022-01-12T22:19:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T03:19:40","slug":"retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/?p=7871","title":{"rendered":"Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>December 30 \u2013 The last day my dad walked into his office and walked out.&nbsp;&nbsp;In late summer my dad mentioned he was thinking about retiring.&nbsp;&nbsp;We tried to get him to do it in a phased approach knowing he didn\u2019t have any hobbies and truly we were worried about him being bored.&nbsp;&nbsp;Work for him was not only work, but much of his social life; working with a friend, eating lunch out every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few months after he initially mentioned it, he told us he had matter-of-factly made up his mind\u2026the end of the year he would be retiring it.&nbsp;&nbsp;He felt it was time; he no longer was enjoying the daily drive, and at 72 he felt it was time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So while I think we all wished he would have gone to part time just to stay busy for a year or two, in the end it was his decision and I supported him and am happy for him.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday evening we threw him a surprise retirement party\u2026theme was hoodies as my dad rotates between the same three hoodies during cold weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DD8D225D-C62E-429E-BE3A-F6F145734B51.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DD8D225D-C62E-429E-BE3A-F6F145734B51-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7819\" 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toilet paper that said \u201cLeave that S**T behind\u201d and \u201cNo job is finished until the paperwork is done\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;My sister gifted him with some of his favorite beer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We gave him cards and toasted.&nbsp;&nbsp;We spend our whole lives working to provide for ourselves and our families, to create the life we want. He created a good life and should be proud.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congrats Dad!\u00a0\u00a0Enjoy this next part of the journey!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/6942024E-8A79-4EB6-B670-1DB4D44216FB.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/6942024E-8A79-4EB6-B670-1DB4D44216FB-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/6942024E-8A79-4EB6-B670-1DB4D44216FB-768x1025.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/6942024E-8A79-4EB6-B670-1DB4D44216FB-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/6942024E-8A79-4EB6-B670-1DB4D44216FB-1151x1536.jpeg 1151w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/6942024E-8A79-4EB6-B670-1DB4D44216FB.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 30 \u2013 The last day my dad walked into his office and walked out.&nbsp;&nbsp;In late summer my dad mentioned he was thinking about retiring.&nbsp;&nbsp;We tried to get him to do it in a phased approach knowing he didn\u2019t have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/?p=7871\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}