Laura Kay
Confused about dryer sheets
My husband retired from public school teaching (Art) in 2009; I retired from teaching English in (technically) 2015. The plan was for me to work until 2018, but a motorcycle accident left me with a memory and speech abilities that weren't good enough to give my students what they needed, so I found myself "retired" at 57 (my husband was 63 at the time). We have five kids and five grandkids and have just purchased a 2019 Coachman Freedom Express Light when we traded in a catastrophe purchase of a 2006 Southwind motorhome.
We are lucky to have pensions (yay!) but had to take early SS since I wasn't eligible for my pension until I was 60 (July 31st of this year. Again, yay!) Altogether we have about $65K a year in income, few investments, and the typical expenses of a middle class lifestyle. I'm worried that we won't be able to travel as much as we'd like, not only because we don't have the cash, but because we have so many family ties. How do you all handle it? I know there's Facebook or Duo, but I always feel like someone is getting the short straw. Is this making sense? I'd appreciate any input you can offer on moving away (even temporarily) from family, making ends meet while traveling, taking care of the details - banking, mail, etc. So many questions!
We are lucky to have pensions (yay!) but had to take early SS since I wasn't eligible for my pension until I was 60 (July 31st of this year. Again, yay!) Altogether we have about $65K a year in income, few investments, and the typical expenses of a middle class lifestyle. I'm worried that we won't be able to travel as much as we'd like, not only because we don't have the cash, but because we have so many family ties. How do you all handle it? I know there's Facebook or Duo, but I always feel like someone is getting the short straw. Is this making sense? I'd appreciate any input you can offer on moving away (even temporarily) from family, making ends meet while traveling, taking care of the details - banking, mail, etc. So many questions!