Khan
Gone but not forgotten
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Dropped DH off at airport at ~6AM. Got home and set A/C to 85F.
Stop at Chimayo and visit the sacred well then to TaosI went to the Traditional Spanish Market on the Santa Fe plaza and then on to Abiquiu, location of artist Georgia O'Keeffe's home/studio and ranch. Will tour those tomorrow and then on up north to higher elevation. Trying to escape the summer heat.
No early Monday morning conference calls to prepare for and stress about. Conf calls that accomplished very little. This used to be the worst night of my week before FIRE. Come to think of it, Tuesdays weren’t much better. Constant status reports and updates for micromanaging prima donnas that took the joy away from what is a great mega corp. In the end the job stress and insane people at mega were killing me. luckily I never lost my cool
Life after FIRE is so great and here’s to hoping the stock market stays solid. Hell, even flat for the rest of 2019 is fine. I’ve made more in gains and dividends since I retired 6 mo’s ago than I made in a year at mega and my tax bill is way lower.
If there’s any negative it’s that I had been planning my escape for the prior 10 years and now the sweet anticipation (the journey) is over and the destination is here. but I can live with that.
Today I played golf, came home and cooked a beautiful bolognese sauce for the family and opened a nice Chianti Classico Riserva to go with it. Tomorrow we’re visiting the local museum to see some great art.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK EVERYONE!!
Went to the eye doctor. No pressing issue, but tomorrow is the last day of employee-provided vision and dental care. DW & I both went to the dentist in June for the last "free" teeth cleaning/check-up and now to the eye doctor for both of us. I just wanted to check for glaucoma/cataracts/macular degeneration - all was good. Plus, I ordered a few contact lenses up to my benefit max. DW needs glasses, so she ordered those yesterday.
From this point on, we are self-insuring our dental and vision care. (gulp.)
Hey Pete,
Glad to hear you’re loving retirement. I don’t miss the con call thing either. Mostly overseas nonsense. The PM loved them. I hated them since I spent too many beautiful Tuesday evenings in my car on the phone instead of hanging on the beach with food, friends, and adult beverages watching the surf roll in.
I just quit at the end of June, and I'm loving it as well! Unfortunately, DH is only 58 and not in a position to retire yet. He's not all that happy with me sleeping in until 9!As far as FIRE, the sense of freedom of traveling wherever I want, staying up late and sleeping in until 9am after 32 years at work is so much fun. I still have only told one person outside of work that I called it quits, which I think is hilarious. Keep ‘em guessing I say Nobody’s business.
They gave me a couple of giant potassium pills there and I went out and bought some at the grocery store this morning.
FWIW, I think it's kind of ridiculous that OTC potassium pills are limited to 100 mg. You can get 4-5 times that in half a cantaloupe.