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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As most readers of this blog know, my spouse retired after a 40-year career in January, 2013. Together, we got him through a very rough patch of severe infection in his immediate post-retirement.<\/p>\n
But every day, he says, “please go to work.” He wants me to continue working, not only because I enjoy my job, but because he wants the house to himself all day.<\/p>\n
So what does he do all day while I am gone? Wild parties? Visits by his many friends?
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\n…naaahhh… none of that. The spouse is the world’s #1 antisocial recluse. He avoids anything social, and has no friends (other than me.)<\/p>\n
He does, however, put his “alone time” to great use. He enrolled in our state university to pursue a second bachelor’s degree in History. His coursework is entirely on-line. That’s good because due to residual effects of his past long-term illness, he cannot drive and could not get himself to a brick-and-mortar campus, nor would want to.<\/p>\n
Why pursue a second bachelor’s degree? Because he has always been interested in history and wanted to study it through the academic rigor that university-level education presents.<\/p>\n
So far, he is 3\/4 complete toward the degree. He has earned an “A” in every course he has taken. When he graduates, he will receive top honors. I am so very proud of him.<\/p>\n
No wonder he wants me out of the house all day — so it is quiet for him to study. I get it.<\/p>\n
Life is short: pursue your academic goals and be rewarded with honors for excellent work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As most readers of this blog know, my spouse retired after a 40-year career in January, 2013. Together, we got him through a very rough patch of severe infection in his immediate post-retirement. But every day, he says, “please go … Continue reading