DARRELL RETIRES!!

WELL, THE DAY FINALLY ARRIVED, THE DAY DARRELL COULD RETIRE,  FRIDAY, OCTOBER, 28,  2011. WE'VE DREAMED ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS, HERE IT IS IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE....RETIREMENT!!!  I'M GLAD WE LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THIS DAY AND ARE IN GOOD ENOUGH HEALTH TO ENJOY IT!  WE FEEL VERY FORTUNATE, AND COUNT OUR BLESSINGS EVERYDAY!  THE COMPANY HAD A SMALL PARTY AND CAKE, COWORKERS GAVE CARDS, WELL WISHES,  LIKE, "YOU LUCKY DOG!",  HANDSHAKES AND  HUGS, AND A FEW TEARS (NOT DARRELL'S).  DARRELL DIDN'T SAY, BUT I THINK IT WAS A LITTLE SAD FOR HIM AFTER WORKING THERE FOR 17 YEARS, HE WILL MISS THE FOLKS HE WORKED WITH. CLINT, NIKKI AND I PICKED HIM UP AT 3:45, HE LEFT A LITTLE EARLY, AND WE ALL WENT UP TO ALPINE INN FOR DINNER.

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR RETIREMENT, I REMEMBER DARRELL'S CLASS SONG, MOON RIVER, ONE LINE WENT, TWO DRIFTERS OFF TO SEE THE WORLD, THERE'S SUCH A LOT OF WORLD TO SEE! AND WE HOPE  MAYBE , GOD WILLING,  AND THE CREEK DON'T RISE,WE GET TO SEE ALOT OF IT!!