A wonderful final day of 2023 to all and one.
It is the 31st of December 2023, and 30 years ago today, I retired from the U.S. Navy (after 24 1/2 years of service).
I loaded my belongings into my 1990 Ford Probe and headed north. Passed Disneyland on the way. It was a long drive to Oakland CA, but I got there around 6:30 p.m. (I left San Diego around 9:30 a.m.)
Happily, I had a home to go to as I was sharing a rather nice apartment with an old Navy buddy. I later (two years later) got my own condo where I remained for the bulk of my stay in California.
It is odd how vivid "some" of my memories are about the past 53 years (I enlisted in the Navy in 1970). It is quite a relief that I don't have the so-called "photographic" memory. No one should want to have instant recall of every moment of every day on one's life.
That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it!
