RETIREMENT FUN

Other than multiple operations, I have found a LOT of things to do since I was forced by health problems to retire at age 53. I spend an hour or two every day the stock market is open watching my investments free fall and try to keep breathing. The LSW advised me to "Stop looking at it, as all you do is get more and more upset!" I can't stop!!! It's like the early Christians in the Collusseum watching the starving lions coming closer and closer. You know you're about to be eaten, but it's hard to look away.
It seems that all my life I have been interested in many things. I write, play the harmonica, carve wood, read constantly, do crossword puzzles, juggle, make up poems, and others. Lately I am helping grandson, Steven, with a Boy Scout Pinewood derby car. He also had me help a bity last year as I have many tools, craft supplies, and patience for a ten year old. This fun with him is one 0f the great joys of my life. None of my other grands seem to be too interested in "making stuff" but i still love them all. There is a rumor that I may be getting part ownership (?) of three more children in the future and this sound like fun. We'll see.
In addition to the above, my wife and I have season tix to the Guthrie theater and LOVE their plays. When younger, out whold family was very deeply into community theater as actors, set design, lighting, construction, and all that. It really brings a family together when doing a concerted activity. Another fun thing the wifie and i do is travel. We have been to all but two of the 50 states and 15 other countries and have had 5 cruises- 3 Caribbean, 1 Alaska, and 1 in the Mediterranean Sea. Except for my ending up in the "SICK BAY" three times and having to have an emergency medical evacuation from Spain, those were fun---REALLY!!
I am now anxiously awaiting Spring so I can get outside and listen to the gras grow and sip a cold one while watching my LSW garden and then mow the grass. I am looking right now for a new mower for her as she totally wore out the last one. She is also working on destrouing the snowblower. What a worker I married and she aslo changes my dressings, puts me through my knee exercises and is the world's best cook!! How lucky can one man get??