Retirement Looming
My mom is nearing retirement age, and boy is she looking forward to a life of leisure after working hard for so many years! I think she has just over one year left to put in, and then she’ll be eligible for a nice, fat pension from her company, as well as social security benefits. With those two sources of income, she plans to travel the world, take cruises, and do all the things she didn’t get to do because she was working 10-12 hour days for the last 30 years. Good for her!
At the same time, I can’t imagine having to wait until my husband retires in order to travel as much as we want. Unfortunately, that’s exactly how things are shaping up for us. Right now it’s nearly impossible for my husband to take more than 3-4 days off at a single stretch, and that doesn’t give us enough time to go anywhere interesting. Plus, my son is going to be in school full-time soon, which means we’ll have even fewer chances to get away. How depressing!!