Just got back from ten days in Puerto Rico. It was lovely and relaxing. I was kind of thinking that I might try to spend my first year of retirement down there if it was in anyway less expensive, but that doesn’t really seem to be the case. Some things are cheaper, but others are more expensive. And that whole not knowing the language is difficult. I will try to learn Spanish anyway, even if only living in Florida, but I’m not sure I could be fluent enough soon enough to do it in three years.
Things have been pretty strained with my family since Christmas. They are still very pro Trump and very anti anything else. Still..I try. I was chatting with my mother online tonight…explaining that I likely won’t be moving to Puerto Rico after all.
I wrote that I also now have to have alternative plans, and it’s harder to be excited and hopeful about an early retirement. I wrote (and I quote) ” A big part of the plan now has to depend on my staying healthy. If I should get ill, or diagnosed with anything, then I would likely need to keep my job with the state. It seems likely that in the future we will be going back to pre-existing conditions not being covered.”
Her response to that?
“Whatever…“
Wow. Whatever....I used to HATE when my teenager used that word. Is there any other word that just TOTALLY invalidates whatever the previous person said?
I just typed. “Okay, this conversation is over....Love you…Goodnight.” And logged off of Facebook. When you are trying to plan your future, and just have a normal conversation with your MOMMY with concerns about your future, and she comes back with “WHATEVER”. So disheartening.
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