The 19th May and only 29 working days until I retire, not that I'm counting or anything!  The 7th July is my last official working day after 42 years! Admittedly I've allowed myself to be persuaded to do a tiny bit of work for the University of Stirling next year -it is only ten minutes up the road and it is a repeat of things I've already done. The weird thing is that when I tell them that I'm retiring people ask "To do what?". My plan is to live in my house, something I've done surprisingly little of over the last five years, catch up on housework, decorating, gardening and importantly get back into some creative endeavours like knitting socks! I'm also looking forward to spending a bit more time with the cats....