Spa Weekend

So, right now the timing of my retirement may not be entirely up to me. Projects are being pushed out, etc., and I'm basically just hanging out in wait and see mode. 

I'm ready-ish either way. I was hoping to have a part time position (my boss even floated the idea of keeping me on part time if I wanted to, but it's not her call) lined up, the house my daughter rents being sold, etc., but I'll start collecting Social Security in March regardless. 

 I'm still hoping for a part time gig at Disney, but that's a super popular thing for retirees in this area, so I'm basically stalking opportunities. I wouldn't mind a six month break between retirement and starting a new thing.

Did you know that after you hit your full SS age there's no cap on earnings?  A coworker friend, who is older than I am and at full Social Security age, did not!  I said I'd started the ball rolling on it and she immediately asked how much I could earn, and when I explained how it works she didn't know. From the Social Security website:

When you reach full retirement age:

• Beginning with the month you reach that age, your earnings no longer reduce your benefits, no matter how much you earn.
  

 

So my good deed in December was to clue her in about that, and now she's getting that ball rolling and planning to retire this year too. 😂

Anyway, because I'm just waiting to see which way things shake out and my current workload is very light, I decided yesterday that I'm taking tomorrow off, and I'm doing a 4 day unplugging and spa weekend. Monday is MLK day and a company holiday, and I'm ignoring that other thing happening almost entirely. I am hoping that the predicted bitterly cold weather happens. 

I will catch up on movies I still haven't seen, knit on something for myself, do "spa foods" like fruit and tea and fancy fizzy water (on BOGO at Publix this week - like they know me!) and just...unplug. 

The only items on my to-do list for the next 4 days are to facilitate just totally fucking off.