BillOh

Congratulations, I loved our librarians, I recently went on a 45 year reunion tour of our high school and the biggest disappointment was the Library. What use to be 10s of thousands of books is now a multi-media facility.

I stumbled on this post the day before your last day! What's up today! I've avoiding work and researching my cruise!

Ha, I have been kidding my fellow cruisers giving how many seconds till we cruise, but I haven't converted my employment to work hours yet - 328

I work for a recognizable Fortune 50 company. In my 17 years here they have done the same thing every year! They predict they will make (our division) 90 million in profit. When they only make 85 million in profit they lay people off. That is usually proceeded by a request for Voluntary termination where they offer you one week of severance for every year you have been there. I have been there , as mentioned 17 years and I have 10 weeks to go. Where is that #$%$% offer!

I know I am revisiting a lot of old posts, but I am getting so close. I have been a volunteer helping run the Columbus Marathon for a few years, I will expand that now. I also am keeping a part time job that I really love, just 20 hours a week and 5 day weekends every week! My new industry is dominated by younger people and their is a real need for older people like myself. The kids seem to like me and I do help people. I just have to remind my new employer (part time 3 years now) that I am doing this for fun and can walk away, or to another location easily. While I consider myself very middle class all of these kids working hard for a living call me "Big Money" as I go on cruises, work but don't have to, and we go on trips when the mood strikes.

This message is 9 months old, I hope your doing well, this has/will work out well for me, I am keeping a fun/rewarding job for 2 days a week.

I'm sure I responded to this thread in the past, but now its getting real. Retirement cruise on Wonder of the seas is only 38 days away! When I get back from the cruise, I will have 18 work days left, but I won't be working too hard on those last days! I don't feel bad saying that , my full time working career ends with 17+ years at an evil corporate giant that I fell into and just waited out the time. (Now that time is almost over!) I will continue to work part time a couple of days a week at a job I love. For now between this cruise and camping, this is a party season!

I sympathize with your wife,. IN 2011 I was training for my first marathon, and I did 10 miles a day on Allure's track. I've had to retire from marathoning after 7 of them, but I'll probably still get down there for a walk occasionally.

6 weeks from now I will be on my port side balcony enjoying this view, love the scenery coming into St Thomas and St Martin. Thanks for getting up early, it was fun to watch via the port webcam.

I think you will be ok with 2pm, I didn't see that much tearing down until about 3pm.

I second that sentiment! But only 40 days for us and we are on the same itinerary, watching for Wonder to arrive in St Thomas now!

I just came into this thread just to read as next year we may do the reverse. I now get promotional email that shows me as ELITE (I was Diamond then, but about to make my first cruise as Diamond Plus next week, if there a level above Elite with X?

My Dad told me that all the time.

Thanks! I think we are just going to visit the Magic Kingdom the Friday before we head to the port, we will be happy to just walk in Main St and then spend the day looking around. Taking one day out of the several visiting family in the area before headed to the port.

Nice timing on this photo for me, just coming into the thread and will watch with enjoyment, we are coming down in a few weeks for Wonder, but my wife and I, just starting retirement are going to come early and do one day in the Magic Kingdom, we were there first in 1974 and then many times, but haven't been back since 2003. Can't wait to see it again.