Following, and joining the Cohort.
My perfect vision of a FIRE date is 5/1/2020 (MayDay! MayDay!), 31 months from now, at age 62! When I tell people that I have a countdown clock on my desktop (currently 940 calendar days and counting), I often get 'the look'. It's nice to find many like-minded people here, with all of our countdown clocks, spreadsheets, and forums :-)
My situation is a little different that many of you, as I'm approaching the age of traditional early retirement - what I like to call the 40/40 plan .... work 40 hours a week for 40 years :-/ I've always been frugal. But, I also believed the lies of my employer - generous pension after 30 years of service (Gone!), lifetime free medical insurance after 30 years (Gone!), job security (Gone!) . Since I didn't need to worry about these things, I didn't save much for retirement in the early years. It was about 5 or 6 years ago that I examined our finances, and figured that I may NEVER be able to retire. But, I started streamlining our expenses, maximized 401K / HSA / IRA contributions, including catch-up for being 55+ ..... and the 'stache has been growing nicely, to the point where I can see the light at the end of the cubicle tunnel.
We're at a point in our lives where the kids have been raised, educated, married, and launched. This makes it much easier to estimate the future expenses for the 2 of us. The plan is to sign up for SS immediately at 62, and also start collecting a tiny pension (<$10k/year) immediately. The pension will never get a COLA, so it makes sense to take it ASAP. We can live a luxurious life on SS/Pension, and allow the 'stache to continue to grow for several more years before we touch it.
Leaving in April/May works best for me, as it allows me time to fully fund the 401k for 2020, and get the annual bonus in March.
Keep up the good work, and hang in there!