Well, so that happened.

[Bob Schroeck]

My employer has been going through a couple rounds of staff reductions, and I was one of about twelve that were let go yesterday.

Unlike in the past, though, I am close enough to retirement age that I doubt my prospects for being hired anywhere else are very good, so after consulting with our investment team, I have decided to retire about a year earlier than I had originally planned.

So that makes two of us, now, Rob...

[robkelk]

A word of advice: Sort out your taxes and get any severance payments you might be owed right now, and don't assume that anybody whose job it is to get anything to you is actually going to do it without prodding. Becoming retired is your full-time job for the next month or two.

Then you can relax, and/or kick your writing into high gear.

[Bob Schroeck]

Severance is 12 weeks, starting pay period after this one (I get remaining pay plus accrued vacation next Thursday). Withholding is already worked in.

The big issue we have to deal with is healthcare for the 14 months until we qualify for Medicare. (Well, 14 for me, 12 for Peg.) Now that we've got the distributions from our investments set up, that's our priority.

[ckosacranoid]

So does this mean we get to see more Doug whowing up on here soon?
Congrats on retiring, even though it is a year early. Good luck getting everything worked out over the next month.

[Bob Schroeck]

We'll see. KanriKyara is taking a whole lot of my brainshare these days.

[Dartz]

Congratulations on the milestone. Enjoy it it good health.