Friday, September 21, 2007
A SPECIAL FRIDAY.....
Today is Friday again. But not an ordinary Friday. It’s John’s last day at Greenbrier after working there for many years and making a life in the Health Care community. He’s made many friends who will miss his off-beat humor. Yes, Greenbrier will have to get along without his instant wit and ability to play off of whoever says whatever. Although they feign disapproval at his corny comebacks they will miss his friendliness and good nature.
Ask his brother and sister or his many friends and they will groan loudly if asked about John’s wit and they will counter with something like “yah…..HALF-wit.” We are all guilty of sarcastic humor in our family and especially with each other. I’m surprised some one of the three kids didn’t end up as an attorney.
John is 50 and moving on to greener pastures. He will achieve what mid-age men want. Something safe and secure, good retirement benefits, sick-leave, regular hours and a lot less job related stress. I’m very happy for him so congratulations, John, we’ll be rooting for you at the opening bell on Monday.
Yesterday was Barbara’s birthday. She is the one who really appreciates his new jokes…….because she’s heard all the old ones over and over and over and over……isn’t that what wives do? (I told you we had sarcastic humor, didn’t I?) Barb is an A-1 class gal and she is the one who keeps Mr. John happy and supports him in whatever he’s doing. You’ve got to love a woman who drags out of bed at 4:30 AM to go to the gym with John because he couldn’t run for months.
Becky is at the top of her game and enjoying the freedom to plan and implement procedures that makes the DE program better and more effective. She’s worked for the Missouri Highway Patrol about as long as John has at Greenbrier. She will enjoy joining the staff at the academy in Jefferson City to teach. It’s second nature to her and she has made the classes much more interesting. That’s quite a compliment to her since much of what they listen to is either repetition, dull or strict. She manages to find ways to capture their interest and they enjoy the class.
George is almost ready to wind his career up and will retire next August I believe. He has worked in the same building since coming out of the Navy although his employment has changed over the years. He started out as a disbursing clerk for the Marine Corps. He was the one to figure and get those checks out every month. Later on the government building offered him some other positions and he is winding up all of those years working for the DOD. He has realized a lot of the Marines and other “guys” are all younger now, which is what usually makes us all think of retirement.
I am very proud of all three children and I’m not sure if I’m their real mother or not because they all turned out so good. Certainly nothing their dad or I did contributed to their success…….they made their own way and therefore can feel very proud of themselves for “doing it their way.”
Lord willing I will be back on Monday.
Essentially Esther
Ask his brother and sister or his many friends and they will groan loudly if asked about John’s wit and they will counter with something like “yah…..HALF-wit.” We are all guilty of sarcastic humor in our family and especially with each other. I’m surprised some one of the three kids didn’t end up as an attorney.
John is 50 and moving on to greener pastures. He will achieve what mid-age men want. Something safe and secure, good retirement benefits, sick-leave, regular hours and a lot less job related stress. I’m very happy for him so congratulations, John, we’ll be rooting for you at the opening bell on Monday.
Yesterday was Barbara’s birthday. She is the one who really appreciates his new jokes…….because she’s heard all the old ones over and over and over and over……isn’t that what wives do? (I told you we had sarcastic humor, didn’t I?) Barb is an A-1 class gal and she is the one who keeps Mr. John happy and supports him in whatever he’s doing. You’ve got to love a woman who drags out of bed at 4:30 AM to go to the gym with John because he couldn’t run for months.
Becky is at the top of her game and enjoying the freedom to plan and implement procedures that makes the DE program better and more effective. She’s worked for the Missouri Highway Patrol about as long as John has at Greenbrier. She will enjoy joining the staff at the academy in Jefferson City to teach. It’s second nature to her and she has made the classes much more interesting. That’s quite a compliment to her since much of what they listen to is either repetition, dull or strict. She manages to find ways to capture their interest and they enjoy the class.
George is almost ready to wind his career up and will retire next August I believe. He has worked in the same building since coming out of the Navy although his employment has changed over the years. He started out as a disbursing clerk for the Marine Corps. He was the one to figure and get those checks out every month. Later on the government building offered him some other positions and he is winding up all of those years working for the DOD. He has realized a lot of the Marines and other “guys” are all younger now, which is what usually makes us all think of retirement.
I am very proud of all three children and I’m not sure if I’m their real mother or not because they all turned out so good. Certainly nothing their dad or I did contributed to their success…….they made their own way and therefore can feel very proud of themselves for “doing it their way.”
Lord willing I will be back on Monday.
Essentially Esther
