I am now free. For the past several months, I had been considering pulling the pin. For the past 25 years, I have faithfully, and hopefully, effectively, served the citizens of my county well. I began handling misdemeanors and drunk driving cases, worked my way into major felonies and homocide, then worked primarily in administrative and appeals functions, but alas, now was the time to go. This has never been the type of profession that is 8 to 5, nor is it supposed to be. There are many long nights, some sleepless. There are call outs to crime scenes and officer involved shootings. There are the politics that go along with the person elected to head the office and all that come with it. Most of us live off of caffeine and Rolaids, and are always questioned by well-meaning citizens about why we did something the way we did, or how a verdict could come down. You learn to take it all in stride, but over the years, there are faces, cases, and crimes that will always haunt you. My wife recently received a promotion and a transfer to Southern California, and it was if the Gods put everything into play. I submitted my retirement papers, handled and closed items for the past 60 days, packed up the house, found homes for both grown children that were still living with us, kissed all four grandchildren good-bye, and woke up this morning in SoCal. I was never one to take, or enjoy vacations, so it was strange to wake up today with nothing to do. I know that I will take some time off, then find something other than law to keep myself busy. There are some things that you just tire of. Maybe I will try sales. From what I hear, it is challenging, the payoffs are there if you work hard, and there are not as many jokes.
Thank you for your service to your community, Dill. And San Diego is lovely. Enjoy your retirement. I have a high school buddy who's a homocide detective and it's pretty rough on him. Especially the cases with children.
[sub](If you are in San Diego, Mr. Melly and I were there recently and saw the Midway and had dinner in the Italian quarter)[/sub]
Oh wow. Did you take a trip up Cielo? We were in LA at a class and stayed by the hotel at the airport so no sight seeing for me. I wanted to, though.
Happy Retirement, Dill. You ought to take it easy for a few months, let your wife be the breadwinner and then go out and work after a few months of mental health regeneration. Might do you well. Can we still ask legal questions of you? Good luck to you!!
Enjoy your freedom Dill. Pack up a picnic basket and take Mrs Dill on a sight seeing excursion and have some fun. FB
Happy retirement! Go out and do some sight seeing. If you go to Chatsworth take pics and tell us all about it!
I moved to Encino, which puts me close to both the Spahn Ranch and fairly close to the Tate location. While that played no role in the decision of where we located, it gives me something to do. What I fould interesting is that while 40 years has changed much of L.A., when you google or Maquest the addresses, it is not that far from each other. In reading, one envisions long car rides. I did pull out my old Kodak Instamatic only to discover they do not make film for it anymore. Uh oh...... One more thing. I have never seen so many sushi places in my life. I am not kidding, you cannot go half a block without running into another one. At this rate, I anticipate a fish shortage within the next 12 months.
Change both scary and exciting, leaving a role in which you were highly functioning can leave a gap until something new presents.
