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Retirement T-6 and counting
Apr. 24th, 2025 10:24 amMy department has its weekly "everyone on site" day on Wednesdays, so yesterday was my last full on-site day. (Next Wednesday will be limited to "turn in the laptop and security badge" day.) So we held my retirement party in the afternoon and lots of people dropped by. I gave away all but one jar of the 2 dozen "Heather's Retirement Marmalade" I'd brought (which clearly was a big hit). The site head came by and we had a lovely chat which covered all the topics that I'd wanted to bring up in a one-on-one with her, so no need to schedule anything separate.
After that, I joined a multi-purpose cocktail hour at our default local bar and had a lovely time. (Past-me might be amazed to see me enjoying "getting together with co-workers for drinks." How we change.)
I've confirmed that Medicare has acknowledged my initial payment. Still need the bill from Kaiser to start my payments there (and receive the new member card). The basic-basic Kaiser Medicare Advantage plan doesn't have any additional expense, but there are a couple of options that do have a fairly minimal additional payment for extra services. I picked the one that gets me a pair of glasses every 2 years, expanded dental coverage, gym membership, and up to $60 of OTC drugs per quarter, all of which more than covers the monthly add-on. I didn't pick the option that has a somewhat larger monthly add-on that reduces co-payments, because currently I wouldn't have enough reductions to balance the cost. That may, of course, change at some point, but I can always modify the plan details later.
Still no movement on the retirement benefits, but the "follow up in 2 weeks" recommendation comes due on May 1, so I'm leaving it for now. (Other than checking the website every couple of days.)
My 401K has slowly been recovering from the asshole's tariff shit, though I'm going to end up with about 50K less than my projections were suggesting back before the election.
I still have 2 investigations to close, as well as two that my trainee is trying to close before I leave. Other than that, I'm twiddling my thumbs a lot.
After that, I joined a multi-purpose cocktail hour at our default local bar and had a lovely time. (Past-me might be amazed to see me enjoying "getting together with co-workers for drinks." How we change.)
I've confirmed that Medicare has acknowledged my initial payment. Still need the bill from Kaiser to start my payments there (and receive the new member card). The basic-basic Kaiser Medicare Advantage plan doesn't have any additional expense, but there are a couple of options that do have a fairly minimal additional payment for extra services. I picked the one that gets me a pair of glasses every 2 years, expanded dental coverage, gym membership, and up to $60 of OTC drugs per quarter, all of which more than covers the monthly add-on. I didn't pick the option that has a somewhat larger monthly add-on that reduces co-payments, because currently I wouldn't have enough reductions to balance the cost. That may, of course, change at some point, but I can always modify the plan details later.
Still no movement on the retirement benefits, but the "follow up in 2 weeks" recommendation comes due on May 1, so I'm leaving it for now. (Other than checking the website every couple of days.)
My 401K has slowly been recovering from the asshole's tariff shit, though I'm going to end up with about 50K less than my projections were suggesting back before the election.
I still have 2 investigations to close, as well as two that my trainee is trying to close before I leave. Other than that, I'm twiddling my thumbs a lot.
