I am at the moment when I will realize I am retired. DEFCON is over. I am on my way back to day to day life. That used to mean that I would begin thinking about the new school year and doing a little planning ahead. No longer is that true. The end of DEFCON now means looking forward to not punching a time-clock.
It leads to another type of planning. I can plan my day so that I would not need to spend so much time in line behind the peasants. Restaurants can see me when there is no waiting, highways when traffic is light and department stores when the parking lot is empty. It brings new challenges and habits.
I will also learn the joys of sitting at the social security office behind the masses that never paid into the system and the mystery of Medicare waits like the turkey vulture on the chimney across the street.
School is starting. I am retired.
homo unius libri
Trust me, Pumice, the paperwork never ends.
ReplyDeleteBut after I die I won't care.
DeleteGrace and peace.
Congratulations on your retirement. I have been retired for nine years and have loved every second of it. I hope you enjoy it, too.
ReplyDeleteThank you. If I don't it will not be because I miss my job.
DeleteGrace and peace.
I'll say the same in 90 years.
ReplyDeleteBut in 90 years who will be left to pay into social security? Maybe they will just keep moving the retirement age up or next time the Democrats are in charge they may include benefits for illegals who have not even arrived yet.
DeleteGrace and peace.