Everyday's the Weekend: A Glimps into Retirement

It all started the other night when I turned to John and said, "John, what day is it tomorrow?"

He kindly laughed in my face, said it was Wednesday and sarcastically said, "what, is everyday a weekend for you now?"

Well, yeah. Pretty much.

How do retired people do it? I don't mean every retired person. I mean, the really REALLY retired people that didn't plan for retirement when they were younger, have no money, live off social security, and only go to the grocery story once a week?

John always says that he should retire now so that we can start our retirement traveling. The only problem is that our retirement fund isn't exactly where it needs to be for us to live for the rest of our lives.

Okay, back to my "everyday being a weekend" topic. So, all the days blend together for me. So? At least I remember when I have my doctor appointments.

Question: Do I ever get bored or lonely? Nope. Not really.
I might occasionally, but then I just call my sister on Skype, have a 12 minute conversation with 2 hours of laughing at each other.

So, I've been thinking of ideas of things that I am going to do when I am retired, assuming that I'm independent and don't need a 21-year-old college punk to wipe my butt.

First, I'm going to travel everywhere. Keep in mind, I don't want to be the kind of person that waits to do all of their traveling as an old childless woman. When I was growing up, we traveled everywhere. It was super fun except when we would be driving and my brother and sister would breath on me or complain that I was taking up "the whole back seat". However, when I retire, I want to keep the traveling up.

Second, I am going to do everyone's visiting teaching in the ward. Well, maybe just the visiting teaching for the pregnant ladies that are bums who sit on their couch all day updating their blogs (me). Gotta help relieve their stress somehow.

Third, is a must: I WILL watch all seasons of Threes Company again. What better time to do it than during retirement!

I guess retirement is still a really long long way away for me. I mean, look at my parents. My dad is SUPER old and he's still not retired. I'm sure if he didn't love his job he would look to retire earlier.

The moral of this rambling is, I hope that John hates his job when he's in his late forties/early fifties. Then we can start retirement extra early! Just look at all the things that I already have planned! Retirement is GREAT!