I run with a UPS driver thats been there 39 yrs. I cant even comprehend that, I was 5 when he started!

 

UPS 31 years. Hard to believe I'm leaving 07/19/07. That will mark my 32nd year. Damn, where has the time gone ?? 1975 was the year I started part-time in the sort loading and unloading in downtown Los Angeles. I was looking forward to pulling the plug, but I keep wondering how I will feel that first late Sunday night/early Monday morning when I DON'T wake up at midnight, shower, grab my bag and head off to the yard for yet another Phoenix/Tucson round. It's starting to kind of weird me out. Worked all my life and now I wonder what the next phase brings. Sorry for acting strange...

 

Fred....Buy a RV, paint it BROWN, throw a few cardboard boxes in it and hit the road. Leave whenever you like, get there whenever

 

Congrats on 32-years with the same company!

That's an amazing accomplishment! :shock: 8)

All the best as you ponder your next life phase.

 

Thank you all for your kind thoughts. Last night as I was returning from Arizona on an impending "holiday weekend" (which I normally hate due to traffic and four wheelers), I thought, you know, "I might actually miss this". Blows me away, always thought I'd be looking forward to hanging it up, now I have all kinds of mixed feelings. This is strange...

 

Yes it's strange but it's also normal. Going from one life stage to the next is strange because it's new--you haven't been there before.

Remember, once retired, you're only a memory away from that ole diesel hummin' along down the road.

Cheers to good memories!

 

It's in your blood, man. You will always be a clown. :P :lol: 8)

 

Thank you all. I know I said it before, but you all are right. This is a new stage in my life that I THOUGHT I was prepared for. But, the closer it comes to July, the more strange thoughts keep running through my mind. On CAD, a lot of you are just starting your driving careers, and for that I wish you newbies all the best and I will always be here for you. But, (and please, I hate to sound like a "whiner",)but retirement is something I have not dealt with before, and it's really causing me a lot of anxiety. Thanks for the ideas re: "brown boxes and an RV", but I don't think thats too practical...but just let me hang with all you "active" drivers and maybe we'll think of something..Have a great weekend and drive safe...