Call me crazy....

....but I think it might be a bad sign that I have made it to the "retired pastors directory" before I have even become "officially" ordained. Thursday I received a call from a retired clergy friend who said he had seen my name in the most recently published clergy directory. I think either God or the higher ups in my conference might be trying to tell me something....somehow I just don't think it's normal to be identified as retired before you've even finished your first year...though as D & S joked, could I get 30 years of service in my pension to go with it?!?