CLOSING IN ON RETIREMENT
Having turned 65 already, I have been considering retirement.
Although I will miss my routine of getting up early and going to work, I believe I will quickly set that aside and focus on the next level of my life.
I am making plans to retire in 4 weeks. At that time I will undertake several things I have been putting off too long. I have computer work I wish to "polish" by sorting pictures, writing documents and organizing my files. I have plans to do some long needed work around the house. Things have been neglected and need to be spruced up a bit; both inside and out! My garage is a mess! I will be hauling away un-needed junk that I thought I needed at the time I acquired it. I have some things to sell; others to give away.
I have volunteer work I want to do. I have a Great GrandDaughter I want to spend time with and get better acquainted; perhaps a couple of Great GrandSons, too; time permitting.
I have much hiking to do to get my body in shape for a month long backpacking trip in the Northern Cascades along the Pacific Crest Trail in August. I have to plan the trip to mesh with the Wilderness Trek for our Metro Teens. My August trip will be awesome! I hope to be able to do about 100 miles along the PCT, including side trips, taking hundreds of photographs and soaking in amazing scenery! This is important to me as I may be nearly blind in a few years from Macular Degeneration. It's uncertain as to how long I will have my vision, but as long as I have it, I want to use it as much as I can. What better place than the Mountains of northern Washington?
I suppose there are uncertainties in life; we cannot always prepare for what may come. I believe we must do what we can, however, to experience what we can in the time God allocated for us. I appreciate the health I do have. I hate the thought of growing old and feeble and ending up in a Nursing Home unable to care for myself. The though of that does not appeal to me at all.
But for now, I am excited to be working my final month before retirement.
