Exhausting day

MF294-4

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Took the day off to go and sign up for Medicare. SS office would not do it. Had to make appointment. BS. Want me to do it online. Went to accountant. Went to work for a couple of hours to relax. Came home and got signed up after on the phone for 30 min. At least the lady was very patient and helpful. Advertisement says it only takes 10 min. I guess I am lucky it didn't take any longer. Body says retire. Accountant says maybe. Half of the people I talk to say best thing they have done and other half wish they hadn't. Wife says no. We'll see who wins. Going to have to do it soon because Brother is loosing farm ground every year and soon he won't need any help. I had figured on helping him more.
 
Me too, but not as exhausting as you. Seems like everything I did today was for someone else. Got a call from a neighbor kid just staring to ranch. He's a good kid so I help when I can. He wanted to borrow my gooseneck flatbed. So I pulled it up to the shop, emptied the stuff off of it, pumped up the tires, checked the lights and helped hook it up when he came over. Then helped the son-in-law fix his sprayer. Helped my brothers hired man fix the mower. Moved some obstacles in the hay field before my brother started cutting it. Watched the grandkids at swimming lessons. Grill some hamburgers for supper. Then ended the work day by getting the baler out, cleaned up, greased up and ready to go to you neighbor kids place to bale in a few days.

I think Im more pooped just writing this. As with you mf249-4 Im am particularly well suited for retirement.
 
Met a fella that I had not seen in a few years. He told me that he was retired now; Then he said: "It took me a whole 2 hours to get used to that."
 
As long as you have something you really WANT to do to keep your mind and body active, go for it. By active I don't mean back breaking active, just occupied. The key is enjoy what you do.
 
forced retirement in 2005... found out quickly that the porch swing or recliner is no place I want to stay... boredom kills you slowly.

working on a '53 pickup making a street truck of it... keep projects backed up to do. My honey do list took about 3 months to complete ... keep doing your ''exhausting' jobs... just don't do the back breaking stuff... keeping your mind and body active is the key... most of all ENJOY what your are doing. I worked a couple of years as a safety director and timekeeper. Still do occasional maintenance outages for the same company... love the money and still enjoy the work... especially the interaction with people... if you think of it as work... you're ruined it.

john
 
At 81, I haven't even thought about retiring. There's too much fun stuff to do that just happens to make money.

My sister is 84 and I'm not sure I'd want to try to keep up with her. She gives piano and accordion lessons, is substitute organist for several churches, plays her accordion in a polka band when she has the time and inclination, goes around to the local Veteran's home, and other nursing homes both in town and in surrounding towns, and plays her accordion to entertain the residents, etc. She's probably older than most of the people she's entertaining.

She told me not too long ago she guessed the word "retire" just wasn't in our family dictionary.
 

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