I've done it now!

Congratulations. I just passed my 12 year retired anniversary in January. It will probably take awhile to totally sink in for you. I sleep in way past my old 5am wake up time and enjoy doing so. Sunday’s and Monday’s used to be my hell days because the department was shutdown for maintenance so at 6am I was in two paper suits and knee deep in grease fixing something. Many times Sunday’s were 12-16 hour days after racing all day Saturday and not getting home till sometimes 2am. For months I would wake up staring at the ceiling fan after retiring and saying to myself, not today boys. Lol. I hope you enjoy many years of retired life.