Congratulations to all the FIRErs!
I'm back from about 8 weeks off, immediately into the frying pan. During my time off, we signed a purchase and sale agreement to sell our current house at our asking price less 5% representing commission that we don't have to pay, and most importantly, as-is. We passed the inspection, and I guess their bank wants to do an appraisal. It's strange how the appraisals always seem to exactly match the sale price, how does that work?
We also rented a nice, small apartment in town, so I can really be about town now. We move in less than a month, so we've been getting rid of tons of stuff. One friend called our house minimalist, but she hasn't seen what's been coming out of the storage areas lately!
I thoroughly enjoyed my time off, even though I did not get to go skiing for the whole time -- or even once -- as planned. Well Respected Woman said she liked retired me so that's a great sign for the next few years, as she keeps working.
At work, my team was reorged into a different role, which means no layoff for me ( I usually count a reorg as no layoffs for a year). I got a raise, and only a small stock incentive, thankfully, so no temptation to OMY. My plan is to stick around for two more stock vesting quarters, plus the semi-annual ESPP purchase. Together, those will net me enough to pay the final year of college for my daughter, so it seems like an appropriate plan.
However, it will be sooo tempting to quit once we get the cash from the home sale in our pockets. Like put the check in the bank, let it clear, move it to the brokerage, start putting it in the market, and peace out. We'll see how it goes, but for now, I'm moving my date up by a month to 8/6/2021. My wife drew a calendar for me with different colors and shapes for days off, weekends, and workdays, and I put it on the wall right behind my monitor. Only 109 more work days, max!
