303 days until retirement.  How did that number go down so quickly you might ask.  I was looking at the State Teacher's Retirement System newsletter.  It said that you have to work until the last day of your contract.  Since I had no idea when that was I asked Human Resources at Sinclair.  It turns out that the last day of my contract is graduation day.  So my new retirement date is May 9, 2014.  I'll take a week to finish up everything.

Last week Becky and I took a trip down to Sun City.  I wanted to take possession of my new house.  If I had been down there on vacation I would have been upset.  There were thunderstorms every day.  I managed to get lost both in Bluffton and in Sun City.  I had a map of Sun City but didn't keep it in the car.  We finally got a map for the Bluffton area.  For some reason the GPS on my phone wouldn't reset.  It kept trying to route me from Miamisburg.

We dodged rain drops and got a lot done.  We took down an air bed that I could leave there so I would have some where to sleep.  We got that set up and put up the shower curtain in the guest bath.  We had a couple of lamps we put together so we could have light in the bedrooms.  I had my new resident orientation.  I am now officially a resident of Sun City.  Most of the people I met while I was there were originally from Ohio.  That was a little weird.

I also had the locks changed and bought some furniture.  I went to this outlet store that my friend Kathi told me about.  I got an awesome deal.  They have beautiful furniture with all kinds of styles.  I wasn't planning on going so conservative but I love the color and the rounded arms.  The sofa is a queen sleeper.  The recliner is amazing it is so comfortable.

The color of the love seat is the true color of the furniture.  I was worried about my TV amoire because it is so dark and the furniture is so light.  It just happened that the coral in the cushions matches the furniture really well. After the furniture was delivered we were able to match paint chips and pick the color for the rooms in the front of the house.  It is a soft pale yellow.

We came back a day early because it was raining so much and we were bored.  The next time I go down I think I will take the TV in my bedroom and VCR and DVD players.  I don't want to order cable yet because I won't be down there much until May.  Other than that I think the majority of stuff I will take down will be kitchen stuff.  I know I can organize and put that stuff away.

Back on the work front I have the fall courses pretty much set up.  I still need an instructor for the second half of the developmental lab.  It is weird to think about teaching the classes for the last time.  I am working on cleaning out my office.  I would be doing that anyway for the accreditation site visit in September.  I am just being a little more thorough about it.