My name is Ree. I'm a vegan. I work as a nurse in the emergency room. I like to work in a fast paced environment. My work is busy. I like reading, movies, chocolate cake. I'm not good at baking. I prefer cooking to baking. I do not cook on weekends. I enjoy cooking pasta & grilled fish.
My name is Rose. I retired a few years ago. I love baking. I read recipe books. I am an old woman. I have a 5 year old grandson. My grandson was in the hospital. I am not vegan. I like to bake for my grandson. I bake often and cook on most days. I do not cook on the weekends. I spend time trying new vegetarian recipes. I occasionally take walks outside the house.
Something interesting happened at work this last week.  I am intrigued, tell me what happened! A guy game in that had stabbed a knife through his hand! He was playing that knife game where you slam the knife down between your fingers and he totally misjudged and stabbed right through! It was cool. What an idiot, you can blunt a perfectly good knife that way. How old was this guy? Haha, I like that you are more concerned about the knife blunting than the potential maiming of a hand. He was like 23. Pretty standard dumb kid stuff. You better tell your grandson to avoid that game when he gets older! He doesn't have to wait til he's older to avoid it! But really, how much is he going to listen to me anyway. I'd be better off telling him to poke himself a little just to see if it hurts. That's how life lessons go, you don't get the point until you feel the poke. Maybe you should leave the stove on next time you're cooking together and let him touch it so he can start learning young. Does your grandson visit with you often? He's lucky to have you to learn life lessons from you tough old bird.  Hahaha. My mom pressed an clothes iron against me once, it wasn't on so it wasn't hot at all, just terrifying. Ever since then I was sure not to be playing around anywhere near her when she was ironing. My grandson is well behaved so far, maybe he just likes getting treats though. How busy has work been lately, are things getting back to normal? Wow, things were certainly different when you were growing up! That sounds terrifying! Yeah things are great at work. Busy, busy, busy just as I like it! Do you miss working or are you loving retirement still? I don't miss working on someone else's to-do list one bit, I got my own! Are you the type to be very active when you take a vacation? I cant wait for my retirement! No. I love going on vacation with no plans and just reading and lounging. It's nice to take a break. Do you have any vacations planned? The rest of my life is a vacation, really. But I'll be taking a trip to Yosemite in a couple months, I want to see those waterfalls one more time.