I took an early retirement from the Fed Gov after working for 32 years and 8 months 6/2/06. When I was working, I always was talking about what my next job would be. I was going to have a stress free job that I did not take home with me at night. I would say that they would probably see me flipping burgers at Mickey D's. I paid into CSRS doing my Fed career. However, I had 4 yrs of credit working under Social Security before I went to work for the Fed Gov. I have never been one to "leave" money on the table, so I always planned on going back and getting the other 24 credits that I needed for Social Security. I know that the amount of Social Security that I would be eligible for would be tiny and it would also be reduced due to the Windfall Elimination Provision, since I receive a Fed pension. I hope that it would cover my Medicare premium, if I live that long. I really don't want anything else deducted from my pension.
I applied for a part-time receptionist job at an eye doctor on Tuesday and I start work tomorrow. I will be working Monday, Wednesday and Friday for a total of 24 hours per week. I really liked the Office Manager and the doctor seemed very nice. There are only 2 other women (techs) working in the office. It is about 10 minutes from my house. Believe it or not, I am excited to be starting something new. Our house is not the same since my DD, her DH and my beautiful grandbaby moved to the other side of the US! My DH just shakes his head and says that he can't believe that I am going back to work, when I don't need to do it. I look at it this way. Either I will really like this job and finish getting my credits or I will decide that the whole idea of getting the credits is really stupid and will put it out of my mind. I hope that I will like the job, because I will feel bad if I quit in the near future. I stressed to the office manager and also told the doctor that I like to take trips and was looking for a job that had some flexibility and they both said that it should be okay. The doctor is taking off 3 weeks for vacation in 07/10 and the office manager said I could either split the available working hours with the other people wanting to work or I could be off. I already told her to count me off.
I started working when I was 15 yrs old and enjoyed my work years for the most part. I also loved being retired and having no schedule. I wonder which one will win out as the one that I enjoy the most? We shall see! I suspect that most of the people on here will not be able to relate to what I am doing. What do you think?
I applied for a part-time receptionist job at an eye doctor on Tuesday and I start work tomorrow. I will be working Monday, Wednesday and Friday for a total of 24 hours per week. I really liked the Office Manager and the doctor seemed very nice. There are only 2 other women (techs) working in the office. It is about 10 minutes from my house. Believe it or not, I am excited to be starting something new. Our house is not the same since my DD, her DH and my beautiful grandbaby moved to the other side of the US! My DH just shakes his head and says that he can't believe that I am going back to work, when I don't need to do it. I look at it this way. Either I will really like this job and finish getting my credits or I will decide that the whole idea of getting the credits is really stupid and will put it out of my mind. I hope that I will like the job, because I will feel bad if I quit in the near future. I stressed to the office manager and also told the doctor that I like to take trips and was looking for a job that had some flexibility and they both said that it should be okay. The doctor is taking off 3 weeks for vacation in 07/10 and the office manager said I could either split the available working hours with the other people wanting to work or I could be off. I already told her to count me off.
I started working when I was 15 yrs old and enjoyed my work years for the most part. I also loved being retired and having no schedule. I wonder which one will win out as the one that I enjoy the most? We shall see! I suspect that most of the people on here will not be able to relate to what I am doing. What do you think?