Welcome to the first official day of my retirement .
The good news is that the severance and last check came in, in a timely manner, and a small pension kicked in today. So I am feeling a lot safer, financially. Certainly for several months.
I am waiting for the retiree and COBRA medical papers to come, so that can commence. I got the most out of my FSA, with a little room left for straggling bills.
I am still pending a sit down with my financial advisor lady, to map out a long range plan. I don’t think I am quite ready for a permanent vacation, but I have some time I can take to rest and to plan. I have been offered free career counseling, which I will pull the trigger on, come October. I also have possibilities of picking up some part time underwriting work from home, from friends who have gone elsewhere.
I will miss being so valued by my team. However, my team was partly disassembled by the jobs eliminations, mine and one of my fellow RMs, and, to my shock, my now former boss. They wanted the head of our credit/underwriting take on his duties, with no upgrades, and she also gave notice. They will backfill and patch the team support together, and I am hoping it will go reasonably well, but it will not be the same. So there are blessings in the way things came down for me.
I am not entirely certain what the next year or so will look like, but I know I will come out OK.
Onward.
