During my research I discovered that there are several stages to Retirement.
#1 Pre-retirement. This is the year before actual retirement when you plan for your future, Research has shown that people spend most of their time planning for their financial future and very little time on what they will do with their time. Yet in the first few years of retirement nearly all problems experienced by people are due to their mental health and not their financial situation.
Not me! My motto is...
Don't plan just on having enough money to last you the rest of your life, but rather
Plan to have enough life to last you the rest of your money!
#2 The Honeymoon phase. This is where I'm at at the moment, that warm, fuzzy phase when the world is your oyster and life is ticking along perfectly. I figured that if I'm in this phase then the least I can do is to actually go on honeymoon!
So this was one of the ideas in my jar of wishes...
So myself and my sister Geraldine, our brother Finian and his wife Marese headed off to
Carter on the Costa, where 500 Country Music fans head off to Spain to have the craic for a week.
I know some people who would think that this is their worst nightmare but for my musical society friends, just let me explain
"Think of an AIMS weekend....... only for a week and in the sun."
It was one of the best weeks of craic I ever had.
Morning started with and all -you-can-eat breakfast. Then out to the pool area where you could either just sit and relax......
Or if you were feeling energetic you could take some dance lessons.
And you know how I love me a bit of dancing!
After a bbq you could join in a seisúin by the pool or head off on a tour or walk by the sea or any feckin' thing you wanted to do!
Calpe is a beautiful place.
Then it was time to get ready for the night-time activities. All-you-can-eat dinner was followed by the night's entertainment. Yes the main act was Nathan Carter, but there were also three other acts on each night, including Irish country, American country, Traditional, comedian, hypnotist. There was something for everyone.
After midnight the music and dancing continued to the wee hours of the morning. The police did call to say that there was a complaint to say we were having too much fun!
There's no such thing as too much fun.
Of course the main man was Nathan Carter.
I had a week of eating, drinking, sunbathing, music, dancing and most of all, laughing.
So I can now officially say
I'm a Culchie.....and proud of it!
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