flyfishnevada
Full time employment: Posting here.
I left w*rk for the last time yesterday. I am not officially retired until the 4th, but I don't have to go back. I had to take an unpaid furlough for July and determined that I didn't want to work in July so I took another day off to finish the week.
It feels great, though slightly surreal. I know in a few days the dreads will return, but I think it will feel good to banish them by remembering I don't have to go to w*rk. I also have an irrational feeling that someone is going to call and inform me it's all a big mistake. I triple checked my service credit, so that won't happen. A little bit of a too good to be true feeling.
I am taking 6 months to just relax, go fishing, golfing, rebuild my Jeep, practice my guitar, write a book (start anyway), do some home improvement and figure out exactly what I want to do. Since my kids are in school for 6 more years, doing some part-time w*rk to make a few bucks for projects and travel is probably in the cards. I can pay my bills with some left over, but making a little more doing something I enjoy doesn't sound so bad. It's not like DW and I can jaunt off to Europe for 6 weeks or go full-timing in an RV until the kids are out of the house.
Anyway, thanks for everyone's support and advice over the last few months. I look forward to speaking from experience on the subject of ER from now on.
It feels great, though slightly surreal. I know in a few days the dreads will return, but I think it will feel good to banish them by remembering I don't have to go to w*rk. I also have an irrational feeling that someone is going to call and inform me it's all a big mistake. I triple checked my service credit, so that won't happen. A little bit of a too good to be true feeling.
I am taking 6 months to just relax, go fishing, golfing, rebuild my Jeep, practice my guitar, write a book (start anyway), do some home improvement and figure out exactly what I want to do. Since my kids are in school for 6 more years, doing some part-time w*rk to make a few bucks for projects and travel is probably in the cards. I can pay my bills with some left over, but making a little more doing something I enjoy doesn't sound so bad. It's not like DW and I can jaunt off to Europe for 6 weeks or go full-timing in an RV until the kids are out of the house.
Anyway, thanks for everyone's support and advice over the last few months. I look forward to speaking from experience on the subject of ER from now on.
Unofficially. 
