Are you ready for some.....retirement?

scout59
Wed, 14 Dec 2016 19:40:28 +0000

Me, me - I am ready for some retirement!

I have two jobs - a full-time day job as a research chemist and a part-time evening job as a chemistry instructor. On paper, my full-time job seems ideal: low-stress, decent pay, excellent benefits, interesting work (and a sweetheart of a boss who is semi-retired and never around.) The bad thing is, it’s still a job and I’m just ready to be done with it.

I am ready to stay up late reading and then sleeping in the next day; I am itching to travel more but commute less. I want to spend more time with my daughter, indulge in my hobbies, and volunteer more. In other words, I have no problem figuring out what to do with my time.

I am 57 and my H is 60; he is seriously thinking about cutting back to 80% time and just working four days a week. We are also considering moving closer to our only child once we retire so that we can see her and our as-yet-unconceived grandchildren. We still like each other okay, so I think we’d be okay with “half the income, twice the husband” (love that, great lakes mom). I’d at least like to give it a try!

My big stumbling block is health insurance. If the ACA is recalled or repealed, then I may be uninsurable (due to a pre-existing condition.) I may need to keep working for the health care alone…