It’s been a banner day today. After three trips to the insurance broker I finally have BC insurance and plates on my car. Cha-ching! (We insured two vehicles in Washington for the cost of one vehicle here in BC, but that’s a story for another day.) It only took two trips to Service BC to get…
Category: Retirement Countdown
One Month Left On The Retirement Countdown Chain
I paused yesterday morning as I was heading out the door on my way to work. It seemed like I was forgetting something. “We must be getting closer,” I said to Gerry. “I don’t think I have any tasks to give you for today!” We are, indeed, getting closer to retiring, relocating, and repatriating to…
Three Months Left On The Retirement Countdown Chain
Writing this post feels a bit like playing a part in that movie Groundhog Day–you know, the one where the characters in the movie experience the same day over and over again. Two months ago my post had this same title and displayed the same image of my retirement countdown chain with three links left. Our…
Three Months Left On The Retirement Countdown Chain
Last weekend was a big deal. It was the culmination of eighteen months plus worth of work by an amazing cross-functional team of people who worked around the clock to upgrade the payroll/HR/benefits system at the company where I work. In the almost twenty-five years I’ve worked for this corporation I’ve been involved in my…
Four Months Left On The Retirement Countdown Chain
I’ve been thinking a lot about Tarzan. The image of him swinging from tree top to tree top, the sensation of motion, the coordination and careful execution it of letting go of the vine behind just in time to grasp the one in front, the exhilaration of making a successful transfer, of being propelled forward, already reaching for the…