The last sign I received was in November 2020. I worked for a local city you government. My job had me in contact with law enforcement officers, including corrections officers.
I intended to retire in July 2021, which would have been my full retirement age. After COVID came and was horribly mismanaged by the Trump administration i decided i had to push that date up. The officers i worked with didn't take the precautions for COVID as seriously as they should have and i knew if i stayed until July I would probably catch it. I turned in a 4 month notice of retirement then. Unfortunately that didn't help me that much. I caught COVID at the first of January. Naturally I passed it onto my wife. While it didn't affect me to seriously, it made her extremely ill. At one point I thought I was going to have to take her to the hospital but I was afraid if I did I'd never see her again. We both survived.
I retired March 1 and I haven't regretted it one bit. So my sign was listen to your instincts, just don't try to be nice and give 4 months notice. If I had left at the end of December I would have been much better off.
That is great that you caught the birds song. My grandfather used to record birds. I remember his big reel to reel tape player. The few times I have tried it just with my mobile device I haven't had much luck.
Dad passed last August (91) at home in hospice. It was not unexpected, we knew it was in the final day or two.
We saw a bobcat that afternoon, maybe 90 minutes later. Had never seen one near their house, and I suppose it's not a shock, what with a patch of woods, small spring, chipmunks & other wildlife, frequent armadillo sightings... But my nephew spotted it 1st & just froze. Blue jays were going OFF, then I looked across and saw it. It ran.
Mom feels like Dad's still around sometimes. Younger brother felt someone poking him awake a few weeks ago. Mom's mom (family originally from Ukraine) was very... sensitive like that about people who'd passed.
The last sign I received was in November 2020. I worked for a local city you government. My job had me in contact with law enforcement officers, including corrections officers.
I intended to retire in July 2021, which would have been my full retirement age. After COVID came and was horribly mismanaged by the Trump administration i decided i had to push that date up. The officers i worked with didn't take the precautions for COVID as seriously as they should have and i knew if i stayed until July I would probably catch it. I turned in a 4 month notice of retirement then. Unfortunately that didn't help me that much. I caught COVID at the first of January. Naturally I passed it onto my wife. While it didn't affect me to seriously, it made her extremely ill. At one point I thought I was going to have to take her to the hospital but I was afraid if I did I'd never see her again. We both survived.
I retired March 1 and I haven't regretted it one bit. So my sign was listen to your instincts, just don't try to be nice and give 4 months notice. If I had left at the end of December I would have been much better off.
Thank you for sharing. I'm glad you and your wife are OK!
That is great that you caught the birds song. My grandfather used to record birds. I remember his big reel to reel tape player. The few times I have tried it just with my mobile device I haven't had much luck.
Dad passed last August (91) at home in hospice. It was not unexpected, we knew it was in the final day or two.
We saw a bobcat that afternoon, maybe 90 minutes later. Had never seen one near their house, and I suppose it's not a shock, what with a patch of woods, small spring, chipmunks & other wildlife, frequent armadillo sightings... But my nephew spotted it 1st & just froze. Blue jays were going OFF, then I looked across and saw it. It ran.
Mom feels like Dad's still around sometimes. Younger brother felt someone poking him awake a few weeks ago. Mom's mom (family originally from Ukraine) was very... sensitive like that about people who'd passed.