Home alone

This is my first day home "not working."

I left the San Francisco Chronicle after two stints, totaling 28 years. With the newspaper business in financial free fall, the offer of a buyout, combined with my age, was enough to tip the scale. The fact that I was able to get on my wife's health insurance policy was another factor. I'm not 65 yet!

So what have I done so far? I got the Christmas lights down before the rain. (Cold for the SF Bay Area -- 46 degrees...) Made some green tea. Noticed that the only sound I heard was the refrigerator. Ate some dried fruit and thought about how I was going to lose weight. Being inside the house is not the best for that I've heard ;-) I weighed in at 198 today -- not good! Will be working on that.

Since I'm just back from a vacation in Southern California, my email is a mess, so I need to clear that up. And, apply for unemployment!