I am looking forward to…
- Having two days off in a row! (Most of my career I’ve had only one whole day off per week. When I had two days, they weren’t in a row. Having two days off in a row is awesome! It turns out two is different from one plus one!)
- Having the weekend for my days off!
- Going to family social events! (They are usually scheduled on weekends.)
- Having my summers off! (I like having big swaths of time for creative work and special projects.)
- Traveling!
- Not being censored!
- Being able to discuss “verboten” topics. (Certain topics came up in class and the profs told us that they and we were “not allowed to discuss” some of them. I thought that meant in class. Later I learned that the profs couldn’t even discuss them outside of class! I had never heard of an educational institution censoring discussions let alone prohibiting topics. Plus, the Vatican really doesn’t want any Catholic discussing certain topics!)
- Not concerning myself with local politics.
- Not concerning myself with “tribal” thinking and parochial perfection.
- Trying new things!
- Growing!
- Living!
