HI ALL!!       "    Oh a storm is threat'ning my very life today, if I don't get some shelter, oh yea I'm gonna fade away,  ....    ....    ooh see the fire is sweepin' our very street today, burns like a red coal carpet,  MAD BULL LOST ITS WAY    "  WOW how true, I can relate to the  "Mad Bull lost its way", there seems to be times that this ' retirement ' thing just doesn't work. I am still adjusting to current life. I understand that I spent 40 years working my ass off, 40 or 50 or more hours a week. And was doing it to  provide for my family, and to garner some kind of success for myself. I was 30 years old and the District Manger of 14 offices in Texas. Some where in the neighborhood of $16 to $18 million in receivables. I had an office in each corner of the State of Texas! Port Author, El Paso, and Lubbock. I would drive to one city, then fly to another, then fly back to the first city, then drive home. Don't get me wrong, I would do it all over again. Of course I would change a couple of things, but I did what I had to for my family. And YES I missed events with my daughters. But, you had to make a choice, work and try to better yourself, or lose your job and make your family suffer. I have tried since then to make up time with my daughters. It is VERY hard now because they have the life I once had. They are pumping out 40, 50 or more hours a week to make a life for themselves and be successful. So now I have 24 hours a day at my disposal, and am trying to adjust. It took almost 40 years to get the working thing down, I guess I should give my self more than 18 months to get the retirement thing down. I am up late tonight because I am not tired and can not sleep. Plus, remember I spent 5 years working the 4 PM to 2 AM shift. I do have projects that keep me AND my mind busy. I just had these thoughts after talking to my daughters the last 2 days. It has been a LONG time since we, ' talked '. I do get a fair amount of  ' electronic ' communication with them, which is nice. But, I do enjoy a phone call and a chat. Got several errands to run later today and spend more time getting the garage sorted and the shed filled up. CHOW MOI