Retirement Hope

At the Post Office, dropping off renovation plans for the HOA, and a birthday card for Mom.

Well, that was certainly a morning. I've gotten old enough that even minor disruptions to my routine cause a wince reaction. I need to get over it. There are people going through war and starvation somewhere out there. I should remember that.

I'm itching for winter to end, but March is usually a precipitous month here so we aren't out yet. I'm occupying myself with minor home improvements and planning major home improvements. I intend to retire a few years early and suddenly realized the house needs some work that really should be done before I go on retirement income. More expensive items like new windows and screens, new window blinds or curtains, new lights and ceiling fans. I also should probably buy a new, or new to me, vehicle before retiring.

Even reaching retirement is expensive.

I have a coworker who is retiring soon and it turns out that it is a lot of work (har, har!): financial stuff, forms to fill out, living arrangements, government bureaucracy, etc.

"Nothing is ever easy."

I'm contemplating Act II of my never complete second novel. It's a good winter activity and thinking about it is fun, though I'm never satisfied with what I've written. I've realized it will probably never be published, and I will never be a good novelist, but it suits me as a hobby so I continue. It should also be a good retirement hobby. Maybe I can increase my output when I don't have to reserve so much of my brain for work.