Christmas Eve day in The countdown begins

Today we are only working for 4.5 hours and then the company shuts down (with pay) until Monday. I am SO ready to be out of there for a few days. Things are very stressful, to say the least.

I used to enjoy my job but they started outsourcing a lot of things to India and replaced knowledgeable insurance managers with former call center managers who know nothing about our jobs. Their only focus is on production.

I turned 64 earlier this month and my goal is to retire shortly after the end of next year. I have a 401k that the company contributes a fair amount to and I will be fully vested after 5 years of employment - which happens to be October 18th of 2015. My plan is to retire sometime in January of 2016 because the company always contributes 5% of an employee’s salary within the first 2 weeks of January. Once that is there I will be giving my 2 week notice, the house will be put up for sale and, once it’s sold, we will be moving back to the Pacific Northwest. I CANNOT WAIT!!!

It has taken a very long time for housing prices here in Central Florida to bounce back but it’s finally happening. There are a couple of houses in our subdivision that have sold recently for a nice price. If we can get close to those prices by then we will have a nice nest egg to take with us and will go along well with the investments my husband has made.

But for now, it’s a balmy 73 degrees here in my neck of the woods at 5:47 AM. Not Christmas weather that I enjoy but it is what it is until we can change it!

Last updated December 25, 2014