Retirement T-1 and counting
Apr. 29th, 2025 08:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hrjOnly concrete progress has been setting paying my first 3 months of Medicare (after which they presumably will be paying my retirement benefits and can deduct it automatically) and sending in the paperwork for auto-paying the Kaiser add-on. Still no approval of retirement benefits. Still no exit interview appointment with the employer.
At my retirement party, everyone asked me what I'd do on my first day of retirement and the answer was, "Pack for two separate trips." But of course, me being me, I've already finished the packing. Because that's how I roll.
It's a bit fitting that my first "retirement activity" will be going to an SCA event (West Kingdom coronation). What's amusing is that of the two SCA events I've attended since I dropped out, both will have been at the same site, same event, and for the same purpose (attending a friend's peerage ceremony). Since I've given away all my camping equpment, last time I stayed at a motel. This time, what with working on reducing spending, I'll be sleeping in my vehicle (which is actually very well designed for the purpose -- I use it for regular camping on occasion).
I've been debating whether to start attending events again more regularly, if only because it would help with my "interact with people in person regularly" pledge. Site fees have really jumped since I was last active, though not unreasonably so. Still it makes it less of an impulse buy. I'll have to ponder on it. Find the things that bring me joy (which is *not* "generic SCA court culture"). And, of course, the writing will come first, in terms of time priorities.
Spending the day humming "One Day More" from Les Miserables.
At my retirement party, everyone asked me what I'd do on my first day of retirement and the answer was, "Pack for two separate trips." But of course, me being me, I've already finished the packing. Because that's how I roll.
It's a bit fitting that my first "retirement activity" will be going to an SCA event (West Kingdom coronation). What's amusing is that of the two SCA events I've attended since I dropped out, both will have been at the same site, same event, and for the same purpose (attending a friend's peerage ceremony). Since I've given away all my camping equpment, last time I stayed at a motel. This time, what with working on reducing spending, I'll be sleeping in my vehicle (which is actually very well designed for the purpose -- I use it for regular camping on occasion).
I've been debating whether to start attending events again more regularly, if only because it would help with my "interact with people in person regularly" pledge. Site fees have really jumped since I was last active, though not unreasonably so. Still it makes it less of an impulse buy. I'll have to ponder on it. Find the things that bring me joy (which is *not* "generic SCA court culture"). And, of course, the writing will come first, in terms of time priorities.
Spending the day humming "One Day More" from Les Miserables.
