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 What the heck am I doing today? Shenanigans, General Tomfoolery or What? You never know |
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Talk about perks, my career had one of the best I can think of! I traveled in the course of business, delivering classes for my employer. I was a Senior Training Specialist for Motorola Solutions, and taught classes on a wide variety of subjects centered around 2-way radio communications. I knew that when the time arrived that I would retire, and I have. I've always said that if you can't stand the heat in the kitchen, get out! I can't handle the heat anymore. I was qualified to deliver approximately 32 different classes, but about half of those were 'Legacy' classes, and were not in demand anymore. My students were technicians, those who maintained, programmed, calibrated, and repaired large 2-way radio systems. Some of these systems are statewide, and use TCP-IP networking to allow sites to communicate with others. Some are small, traditional type radio sites. The size doesn't matter, in each case the systems must be kept operational at all times, since many of them are Public Safety Systems. So I traveled, sometimes frequently, 3-4 weeks in a row.... where have I been? Some of the places I've been (I can't list them all here, the list would be too long) are pretty interesting. 1. Hawaii - Four times, Oahu, Maui (twice), and the Big Island, Plus I lived on Oahu from 74-83. 2. Bangkok Thailand, twice 3. Frankfurt Germany, twice 4. Algiers, Algeria 5. Melbourne Australia 6. Bismarck North Dakota, Summer & Winter 7. California, especially the Los Angeles area, Too many times to count 8. Washington DC, Too many times to count 9. Seattle three or four times 10. Texas, all over the state 11. Florida, all over the state 12. New Mexico, HOME! Several times  Best Cultural And Regional Honorable Mention |
Minor Physical Things I'm Doing I've tried to be more active each day. Instead of sitting here on my PC all day, I get up and walk down the hallway into the kitchen, from there to the Living Room, then back to the hallway. I usually do at least 5 laps like this & repeat this about 4-5 times each day. Before anyone gets the idea of saying "Bravo!", you need to know something. I know I've mentioned that we have a small house. A Very Small House. It's less than 1000 square feet in size. What that means is, those laps are about 40 paces total! Yeah, not a lot at all. Since I'm a little afraid to walk outside (like around the block) because of worry about my left leg giving out, I walk in the house. I will say that I'm walking better, and faster. Even my wife commented on how I'm walking!The other things I'm trying to do, at least once a day are: 1. Remember those calisthenics we did in school? You know, the ones called the Windmills, the Wood Chopper, Trunk Twisters, and such. I do 10 of those at least daily. I don't do them all each day, but I do try to mix and match them, never the same sequence daily. When I think back, the PE teacher was really teaching us about staying physically fit in our old age! It all adds up really. 2. I go up and down the 11 steps to our basement, probably 3-4 times a day. But, I do it when necessary, and my left leg hollers at me the whole time. I'm doing it at the wrong time of day is all. When my left leg aches. Once the weather warms some, I will be spending more time outside, getting that necessary Vitamin D. Baby steps though,baby steps. |
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