Let me join the ranks of felicitators!
I retired exactly one year ago, and I was also the lucky receiver of a beautiful railroad book, signed by all my (ex-)colleagues in our school.
I looked forward to having much more time to spend on my railroad - but as it turned out (and others have said it before), there were so many other things to do in and around the house, that progress on the layout was very modest so far. Looking back, I wonder where I got the time from to work as a teacher... :mrgreen:
You'll have great times before you - enjoy every minute of it! :thumb::thumb::thumb:
Ron