Getting in the retirement mindset

autumnal landscapeEven though I have 10 or 11 weeks to go before retirement, I’m already getting in the right mindset and I LIKE THIS!  Here’s a few things going on:

Budgetting

This is something Rachel and I have always done quite well and we are finding that it crops up in our conversations quite regularly.  In particular: Continue reading “Getting in the retirement mindset”

Three months to go!

chocolate to celebrate
chocolate to celebrate

We really know how to celebrate in style!  Today is the day I have handed in my resignation and we decided to celebrate with a bar of chocolate.  Just three months to go!

I wrote the letter last night.  Today at work I scanned it so I could send it by email to my manager.  I left it a couple of hours before I wrote the covering email and hesitated a little more, just wanting to do the right thing.   Continue reading “Three months to go!”

An eventful return to work

Escape plan into action….

Today I had quite an eventful return to work.  It seemed ages since I was last there and I almost managed to completely forget my computer password.  I thought the welcome for me was, to be honest, a little subdued and I asked to see my manager, partly as a back-to-work interview and also to tell her of my intentions (i.e. resigning). Continue reading “An eventful return to work”