Orncollect: Your post really made my day and left me LOL! You are so on the money about the idiocy and foolishness of some folks there. My immediate supervisor was the most awful gossip hound on the planet and made no bones about who were the "favorites" on the pay location. Spiteful as well. I will surely not miss getting all the documentation letters for my various ills and the idea of having never to ask for certain days off etc. etc. is just heaven! My nervousness is subsiding but I realize now that my reaction is totally normal about withdrawing from something that has been a constant in my life for almost 26 years. Yes, I will miss the comraderie of my little group of friends but I know I will see them all again as we are a tight knit group. So, I am diving in head first. Retirement here I come!