What didn’t work:

• No longer being able to have sedate lunches and rowdy dinners with my good friend Dianne, who retired and moved to Duluth this fall
• Spending an hour each day driving between the Menomonie and River Falls campuses to teach a one-hour class at each location
• Not giving attention to financial matters, such as making sure I kept up my tax records for the year
• Gaining weight over this year