Gary’s been retired for: 9 days
Things Gary has helped with: 3
(I had to change that right after I typed it. He got me stamps from the other room. Now I feel bad.)
Things I’ve done: 9
Things Gary has done: 1
(This is fine, though. As I said to him, he has a month to catch up on sleep and do nothing.)
How long it feels like Gary has been retired: 1 month
When Gary wakes up: 3 pm
Number of days I brought my lunch to work: 1
Movies watched: 6
Number of unused vaction days Gary must have been paid for based on his last paycheck: 20 (he didn’t take much vacation last year)
Percent of our monthly food budget we’ve gone through in one week: 60%
How much I spent on Amazon Prime for 2 sets of bookends: $14
Number of weeds I pulled out of the basement: 2
(Yeah, so I popped down to finish the one thing I still had to do in the basement, which was scrub the mold off the door, and I noticed a long sprig of Virginia Creeper extending over the workbench. There was another trying to make its way in. I suppose this is what happens when you clean the basement.)
Number of times Gary has left the house: 1
Number of showers: 2
Number of arguments: 3 (This is average.)
4 responses to “Adjustment Update By the Numbers”
Just resting up!
hattie – He stayed up with worry last night. I was having fights with him in his head, fights that I would NEVER have, about money.
He only left the house once in 9 days? That’s not my idea of retirement. That’s my idea of hell. I’d be so stir crazy.
Caroline – His whole family are homebodies. His Mom leaves the house maybe once a month.