Is anyone else struggling with senioritis? Since coming back yesterday after some time off at the holidays, I just can't seem to get back into work. I also only have 85ish work days left, which seems...small. I hadn't realized I was under 100.
Oh absolutely. I ran out of fucks awhile ago, and with only 21 work days left (counting today) and having just had 10.5 consecutive days off, there is not a lot getting accomplished :) Mostly starting to slowly clean up my crap.
This is all very surreal. I'm super anxious about making the leap - very nervous about money. Our spending last year was higher than I would like, largely due to 10k+ in vet bills, but still well within what cFIREsim says we can comfortably spend. We have 2 older dogs with manageable but expensive health conditions so I foresee this going on for a couple more years. We're not looking at getting new pets for awhile (we have a lot of travel plans once they're gone) so I know this is a temporary thing, and once they pass we will be probably be rolling in free cash since they are easily our biggest expense. Plus hubby will be teaching two classes at the community college this semester (up from his previous 1), and my hobby-blog is pulling in a little bit. My rational math brain knows we'll have enough money, but it's definitely going to be an adjustment to be withdrawing funds instead of investing them!
My winter break was pretty nice, we were supposed to have some houseguests but they had to cancel due to illness, so I actually had 10 days pretty much free of any obligations and I consider it a glimpse of what retirement life will be. I got SO MUCH SLEEP, it was amazing. We got up early to go hiking a few days, but otherwise I got to sleep until I was no longer tired. I stopped waking up in the middle of the night and being unable to fall back asleep. I exercised every day except the one day I deliberately designated as a rest day. I did some much-needed house cleaning, took care of several errands/tasks that have been haunting me for a long while, cooked some new foods, was able to read for FUN.... Getting up at 5am yesterday and today to go back to work has sucked ass, I am ready to go :)