For those of you who are retired now, do you miss that anticipation of the weekend? How does "weekend" in retirement compare for you? It's something I've been pondering. I can logically imagine getting excited about vacation of course.
Heh. You're not gonna like reading this.
You know that "Sunday Night Syndrome" of dreading the workweek? Well, in retirement, on Sunday night you feel like your "Friday Feeling". However the retirement version lasts for five days instead of two! You get excited because all the employees will be off the roads (outside rush hour, anyway) and out of the parks/beaches so that you can enjoy a fun-filled day without all the crowds. You know that you can go to Home Depot at 9 AM on Tuesday to find a half-dozen employees waiting to leisurely talk story with you about the latest in electrical receptacles or water heaters. You don't even wait at the checkout to ring up your purchases. If you're away from the business district then you can enjoy a lingering lunch at a restaurant without worrying about the crowds, and there's the whole afternoon left for the library or napping.
The tough night of the retiree's week is Thursday. That's when you say "Holy crap it's almost the weekend, so I'd better get all my errands done tomorrow before the roads & stores are jammed!" Then on Saturday/Sunday we hunker down at home relaxing or working on chores & projects, pretty much hiding from the rest of the working world as they frantically scramble around getting caught up on their errands & shopping.
I don't even enjoy surfing on weekends anymore... not when I know how good it's going to be on Monday morning!