I am now a Retired Person

Today I finished up working at the Faculty of Engineering at UTS. Now I can get on with all the things I love doing. Of course there'll be things I hate as well I am sure but I'll try to keep those to a minimum or at least find the positive side of them.

I have enjoyed working at UTS but as I said in my farewell talk this afternoon - work is getting in the way of living.

Now I will get on with all those projects I have underway including:

• sorting out - who am I without Surrey? - both as a person and in our home
• caring for Alex and Luke as the need arises
• VISE
• helping to publish Surrey's final Waterplants book started a few years ago but just now getting underway with two colleagues Karen and Geoff
• 3 choirs
• patchwork and other craft
• a global quilting group with about 20 members
• our very large garden and chooks
• 5 blogs
• some teaching at UTS INSEARCH
• I might even get time to play my guitar again
• and maybe some travel in the years to come

In my talk this afternoon I quoted two poems that I love:

• 'The Door' by Miroslav Holub. I am opening the door to feel the draught
• 'May the Road Rise to meet you' - a traditional gaelic blessing for all those who have supported me in work and play