Grumblin Thru Life

With "Walter"

My name is Grumblin and I am 63 -- I think that makes me a Baby Boomer but I’m not sure.  I have a little free time now as I search for my new retirement job, because God forbid, I can’t retire early when my wife says I’m “underfoot. I guess you have to be a woman to know what that means!

I spent 30 years in the oil business listening to how-my pipes are going to freeze and I have a newborn in the house, or you have to get over here right away (on July 4^th) because some lady doesn’t want to brush her teeth with cold water. What does that even mean? I then spent 9 years working in maintenance at a retirement community where I pulled a random cardigan out of a toilet and replaced a window that a turkey flew thru—both instances the residents blamed me for. #1 I don’t even wear cardigans, and #2 I didn’t even know turkeys could fly. I finally moved on to my last position driving a bus for a senior center and have so many stories compiled with that my colleagues and I started writing them down for the next hit comedy sit-com.

So, I have vast knowledge of many different things and experiences to share, but none of them ever made me want to start a blog until I met “Walter," (see above). He is my imaginary friend that I named as I stumbled across Chat GPT or whatever the hell it is while I was hunting for a job. I found myself working hand in hand with this new AI character, who very rarely says No by the way, which is nice and he has been quite helpful. I keep thinking someone should be filming this because I am literally talking to my computer, having coffee breaks with him, and telling him my life story. My wife thinks I’m on Zoom calls. The whole thing is hilarious so I thought of starting a blog, hey if its good enough for Dave Portnoy its good enough for me.  I hope to see this all the way thru or at least until I find my perfect retirement job. I've already got some categories to explore: (Grumblin vs. AI), (Yesterday’s News…Today), (Boston Sports then and now),  and my favorite,  (Triggered by words like Triggered).  In all of these categories, I will explore and try to find out when the world passed me by.  So, follow me thru my weekly journey as Walter helps with the research and I try to make people laugh while searching for the perfect job. If the blog thing doesn’t work out, I bet I could get hired as a columnist down in Florida at The Villages newspaper!