(I’ve edited this post which originally included a brief summary of a trip up to DC. This retirement subject, however, needs more room for content, so we’ll commit a separate post to the trip and add to this deserving subject) This retirement subject came up in a couple other posts, and if you spend time Continue reading
Transitions
#79 – Breaking the Silence
Been almost two months since I visited my blog, wow. As mentioned in several of the last posts, I decided to return temporarily to full time work in a “business” I really enjoyed. It took a while to get started (the initial effort began in April with an unexpected phone call), but on 21 August Continue reading
#75 – A New Job – Updates 2 and 3 (9 Aug)
Back in April I received a phone call that led to my pursuit of full time employment again- in a profession I fully enjoyed. Post # 71 dated May 10 (which includes Update 1) details what led to this point. Little had been heard about my potential employment since then. These last seven days there’s Continue reading
#71 – A New Job – Update 1
I wanted to put this out last week to make a short interval between posts, but when you’re dealing with the US Government (USG) in anything related to hiring, even indirectly, just sit back and be patient. So, for now, this is an interim post to be updated soon…hopefully. Almost four weeks ago I received Continue reading
#70 – Update on Our Retired Living
Three weeks since the last post, my apologies! It’s been a while since I took a look back at the specifics of what retired life has been like for us, so here goes from the past couple of months:
#68 – Retirement Information Resources
A quick personal update first FWIW….cold weather puts me in a traveling mood, I guess, so during Jan/Feb I took off for trips to DC (twice), Hawaii and LAX/San Diego, in some cases to escape cold weather and in almost all cases to visit family/friends. Guess which trip Beth came along (hint: Hawaii hotel reservations Continue reading
#61 – Good Bye to 2022
Happy New Year to both of you! OK, being optimistic, HNY to all three of you if you’re reading this in the first days of 2023. The end of 2022 coincides with the end of our first year in retirement- in terms of transitioning into retirement, it was a pretty good year, but for the Continue reading
#59 – Physically Aging
(This is an updated post. See Post #5 for the original) Almost two years ago I spent a couple hours with my parents and an aunt and uncle. The average age between the four of them was 90 (Since then my aunt has passed away). They inspire me, because they haven’t stopped living independently. When Continue reading
#57 – Catching Up on Retirement Year #1 (dated Nov 2022)
(OK, it’s been about 3 months since the last comment. Guess I should beg for at least one…) This is just a snap shot of the notable retirement trends in the last few months of Retirement Year #1- since Post #48 dated July 11- life events and considerations for where being retired changes how one Continue reading
#49 – Recent Road Trip
It’s really nice knowing we can just decide one day to hop in the car and take off for a destination, although this wasn’t the case last week. Beth had not seen our granddaughter in almost four months, so we headed up to the DC area for a couple of days to see she and Continue reading