Okay...

This morning, I heard something from my father's lips that made me check the Caller ID on my phone. He said that he was looking forward to RETIREMENT. For my dad, this is something BIG. He works HARD. Any workaholic tendencies that I have ever exhibited (not to mention being a stubborn jackass at times), I have been able to fob off on him and sleep very well at night. He has worked for his same employer for over 40 years. Well before I came onto the scene. LOL. But he was always serious about his work. He took off for our graduations, and major stuff like that, but that was it. He was a good provider for our family, so I can't complain too much, but I have been concerned about the whole lack of balance thing for him. Maybe this chapter with the cancer has really affected him deeply and positively as my mother has told me.