Becoming unretired (unretired is not a real word per spell check) is a new act for me! It is not what I had in mind when I left the workforce. I had envisioned endless days of fishing and traveling around the world.
Well I figured out out fairly early in retirement that I would not be traveling around the world. But what the heck, I could travel around the U.S., right? Well, I have been to see my two sweethearts in Washington state, my daughter and granddaughter and my two awesome grandsons and my highly intelligent computer sleuth son in law, Mike.
I have been to Texas to celebrate the birthday of my best friend John and found the hospitality of his wife and family to be very TEXAN and full of love. Just as it has always been. I met special friends of the family and had a great time! So who needs to go far away?
I have also been to the Land of Lost Boys and visited with Peter Pan and Wendy and even got to stand in for Captain Hook, so that my Arizona grandkids could have great times having sword fights with Hook!
Have you ever gotten to be Darth Vader? Well, I have! Now, being Vader can be dangerous! Vader is attacked by Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia and those Light Sabers can do a number on you!
Now to the unretired part. I went out to seek a position in the Culinary Arts field so that I could make a fortune and get out of the house. Well, not to my surprise, I found that not too many of those positions are available for "older" folks. However, I have found a "home" with Gilbert Public Schools". I am a four hour per day food service worker.
So what does a food service worker do. Well, we do a little of everything. My first two days on the job were at large high schools and that was VERY fast paced. I was then sent to South Valley Junior High School. My most important duty is running the cash register on my line. We have five lines, all with different types of foods. On my second day there the manager asked if I would like to work there on a permanent assignment.
The one thing I felt that I might have a problem with is smart mouth kids. So far that is not the case. The young folks have been great to work around.
Many of you may not know that my Mother ran the school lunch program in my small Oklahoma town for several years. So is this Carma or what? I have found many differences from the program my Mother ran and the program I am presently working in. Ever thing in mom's program was made from scratch. Very few things in our program are made from scratch. Mon's kitchen and serving line had very basic equipment. Our kitchen has the "latest and greatest" of everything.
So here I am, off on another adventure in my life! The only thing I have to complain about is that I have to ware long pants to work! Over all I think this unretirement is not bad. I work 20 hours a week and get lots of time off. I work with some very nice people and can not wait for the Christmas, oh I mean the Winter Break, which just happens to include the day we Celebrate Our Lord Jesuses birthday.
I will keep you posted on what is happing in the kitchen at South Valley Junior High.
Well I figured out out fairly early in retirement that I would not be traveling around the world. But what the heck, I could travel around the U.S., right? Well, I have been to see my two sweethearts in Washington state, my daughter and granddaughter and my two awesome grandsons and my highly intelligent computer sleuth son in law, Mike.
I have been to Texas to celebrate the birthday of my best friend John and found the hospitality of his wife and family to be very TEXAN and full of love. Just as it has always been. I met special friends of the family and had a great time! So who needs to go far away?
I have also been to the Land of Lost Boys and visited with Peter Pan and Wendy and even got to stand in for Captain Hook, so that my Arizona grandkids could have great times having sword fights with Hook!
Have you ever gotten to be Darth Vader? Well, I have! Now, being Vader can be dangerous! Vader is attacked by Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia and those Light Sabers can do a number on you!
Now to the unretired part. I went out to seek a position in the Culinary Arts field so that I could make a fortune and get out of the house. Well, not to my surprise, I found that not too many of those positions are available for "older" folks. However, I have found a "home" with Gilbert Public Schools". I am a four hour per day food service worker.
So what does a food service worker do. Well, we do a little of everything. My first two days on the job were at large high schools and that was VERY fast paced. I was then sent to South Valley Junior High School. My most important duty is running the cash register on my line. We have five lines, all with different types of foods. On my second day there the manager asked if I would like to work there on a permanent assignment.
The one thing I felt that I might have a problem with is smart mouth kids. So far that is not the case. The young folks have been great to work around.
Many of you may not know that my Mother ran the school lunch program in my small Oklahoma town for several years. So is this Carma or what? I have found many differences from the program my Mother ran and the program I am presently working in. Ever thing in mom's program was made from scratch. Very few things in our program are made from scratch. Mon's kitchen and serving line had very basic equipment. Our kitchen has the "latest and greatest" of everything.
So here I am, off on another adventure in my life! The only thing I have to complain about is that I have to ware long pants to work! Over all I think this unretirement is not bad. I work 20 hours a week and get lots of time off. I work with some very nice people and can not wait for the Christmas, oh I mean the Winter Break, which just happens to include the day we Celebrate Our Lord Jesuses birthday.
I will keep you posted on what is happing in the kitchen at South Valley Junior High.
1 comment:
That's pretty good that they asked you stay at one school already. They must really like you, but that's not surprising.
Happy Unretirement!
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