September 29--Brick

[zyzyly]

I took another look at my retirement stuff last night. I think about it more mid-semester than any other time, and particularly on days were I have to get up at 5. It's the getting up at 5 that gets to me. I've never been a morning person. My favorite shift, both as a nurse and as a teacher was swing shift. go in at 2 pm, get off at 10:30. Stay up late, sleep in. Just about perfect.

Social Security informs me that my normal retirement age is 66 1/2. I was thinking it was 65, but I guess that changed years ago. So about 6 more years. The Spring semester of 2023 ends on May 18. That's the day. May 18, 2023. You're all invited to my retirement party shortly thereafter.

There were some more mysterious emails last evening attacking the faculty colleague, from a student account set up to look like it was from the faculty member's daughter. This must have been easier to trace, because today the district administration sent out an email saying they had identified that the emails had come from some employees. I'm glad they found out who it was, and I hope this ends it.

I was going to get a flu shot today, but felt somewhat sickish, so I didn't. I think I am just tired. I'll get it Monday. Maybe. I hate needles.



Paper wings...

Comments

[wantedonvoyage]

I'm glad they got to the bottom of the mystery emails! Gotta wonder what those folks thought would happen when they started messing with official email accounts.

"Paper Wings" by Rise Against is one of my favorite songs.

[zyzyly]

Yeah I don't know what they were thinking about. Perhaps they will be thinking about unemployment in the near future.

[amaebi]

I'm glad the perps were tracked down so easily, and I hope that ends it.

May the term and all others to come be gentle to you.

And I like them wings a lot!

[zyzyly]

I have passed by those wings before, but never at that point in the afternoon when the sun was casting a shadow.I'm glad I was there at a different time.

retirement

[elainetyger]

I will beat you. My first day of retirement from state service will be 01/01/2020. I will be 55 years 1 month old and have a hair over 30 years with the state. For me it is stupid shit that piles up that makes me look forward to the day, some of it also computer related. We have at least 3 different websites where our training is done and recorded, and they keep changing vendors and becoming hard to access. In January I sat through 3 days *in our office* with bunches of other inspectors and supervisors. Last week I got an email from the latest bureaucrat who is supposed to track this saying there is no record that I ever took the class and to send them the certificate of completion. I asked my supervisor, who was in the class with me, and she said I should have gotten an email at that time with a link to the certificate. Um nope, I checked. Now what, I don't know.

I will be qualified to do quality control for almost any major restaurant chain or food supplier in the US but I think I just want to get a job in the produce section of a supermarket, put on 3 layers of hoodies and a pair of boots, and go chop pineapples and watermelons for a few hours every day and have no responsibilities.

Re: retirement

[zyzyly]

Well congratulations! I picked the wrong field. Almost everyone else in my family worked for the post office and retired in their mid 50s and went on to do other things. My dad, after traveling for a number of years got bored, and delivered flowers for another 25 years. My step-sister started baking and now has a successful catering company.

I should remember, though, that I retired from being an active nurse about 4 years ago, spent a weekend enjoying retirement, and then took a job as a teacher. It's way easier than nursing and I love it, but, like everything else, is changing. I might revisit those numbers.