DangerMouse said:
Are you doing anything special in the next few months to prepare?
As for wo*k, nothing, other than to turn over my duties to others. I'm still awaiting my "replacement" (the j*b has been posted, but interviews are still in progress). Kind of funny seeing the requirements of my "position" on the company intranet; I never knew I had so many responsibilities
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DW/me usually take a spring and fall vacation; one in the U.S. and one "outside" (various places). We were to go to Australia in the fall (3-4 weeks), but since DW changed her retirement date (was to be also May, but now she has "second thoughts") we booked a Danube River cruise for a shorter amount of time (only two weeks), in September. We will keep the trip "down under" for when DW becomes "emotionally ready" to leave. No pressure on her.
Things I'm doing from a financial sense is making the preliminary decisions on conversion of my employee cash balance account (where it will go - how it will be invested) but I won't discuss that here. Since my income for the rest of the year will come from non-retirement accounts, I don't need to actually move anything till early next year (my wife's status at that time will affect my direction and I need not do anything immediately).
Oh yes; I actually have only 71 wo*k days (no vacation - and just the Good Friday holiday) left, but I'll just count the calendar entries (I may not be at work on the weekend, but I'm still "engaged" enough to think about wo*k.
DW/me will probably have a small "addition" to our family in the spring (no, not what you think, but see my profile links). I've already told the "adoption agency" that we will add a "third" to the two that we currently "support"
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- Ron