Socially Qualified

Today, we celebrate the day my better half officially becomes eligible for Social Security! Yeah! Happy #62, J. . How does it feel to know that should you need to (or decide to) retire, you'll receive approximately 1/3 of your current take home for the rest of your life? We can't live on that but that's ok - 'cuz you've been contributing to your 401(k) since you were young - so we're loaded, right? What? We're not? When did that happen? The last few years? Oh, yeah....right....for a moment, I forgot about this 'Great Recession' we've been living in for years. Seemingly forever. Watching everything we've worked for going up in smoke....

OK, it's not that bad. It's not. We're still solvent. Still have our health. Still vertical every day and able to clean out garages, etc. when we get enough energy to do so.

It's good to know that should you suddenly leave your job (for any reason, including just waking up one day and saying 'I'm done'), we would have some income.....with my income, we can make it for the foreseeable future.

All the while praying the two adults living with us begin making their own way sooner rather than later - but that's been a familiar theme and we're all doing just fine.

Still, officially Social Security eligible is certainly a milestone! So here's to your golden years, sweets! And many more! Only three more and you'll be eligible for Medicare!! Yippee!!!

Love you, my dear! More than words can say.....