The Retirement Diaries [Paperback]

Like many retirees, Molly Olsen imagined that her retirement from the practice of law would be like a never-ending summer holiday; that every night would feel like Saturday night. She couldn't have been more wrong. Through her humorous personal diaries, she chronicles her own experiences during her first year of retirement, demonstrating that the reality of retirement bears little resemblance to the dream. Between obsessing over Obituaries, fighting a Netflix addiction, contemplating whether or not sudden-onset ass expansion might be an actual medical condition, and giving serious consideration to signing up for Magician lessons when her husband tells her that she has the power to make money disappear , Molly's retirement turns out to be somewhat akin to a vacation with the kids that goes on just a little too long. She even suspects that her German Shepherd Dog, Lucy, is losing respect for her . Will she find her equilibrium? Or will she actually reply to the Want Ad for people with valid driver's licences to deliver newspapers? Whatever the outcome, her diaries make one thing clear. Retirement should come with a warning label: Some Assembly Required .