This is a bit of a busy week coming up - busy by my standards, though I'm sure not busy by daughter Rebecca's "busy-mom-of-two" standards.
Drove back to Wilmington today after a weekend in New Bern with Jack and arrived just in time for an appointment with Rusty, my financial advisor. Rusty's a sweet thirty-something young man who pays me lots of attention and is helping me plan for retirement - something I should have started decades ago! Turns out I have a bit more set aside than I thought and he has some good ideas for pulling a small monthly income out of it to supplement Social Security. If I can wait until age sixty-six to retire, I might be able to make it on my own if I keep it very simple - if I am not alone I will be in good shape. If I have to retire at age sixty-two, I can only make it if I have a life partner to share expenses. Not great news, but it helps to have a realistic picture of the future. Rusty is fully behind my plan to walk away from my house. He says it makes perfect sense for me.
Tomorrow - the summer solstice - my beautiful granddaughter Katie turns seven. She's already had a beach party with friends; tomorrow will be dinner with family at a restaurant of her choice followed by homemade ice cream at Boombalatti's! It's hard to believe she's seven years old already - the time's gone by so fast. She's becoming an amazing young girl.
Wednesday is the first of my upcoming appointments for dental work. It will be an uncomfortable and expensive afternoon! Thursday I have the job interview at Carteret Hospital. That will be interesting and stressful as it can affect several areas of my life - or change nothing at all.
Finally comes the weekend. Jack and I will spend it together as we usually do...with one change. Becca, Davis and the kids are coming for Sunday dinner and Jack will finally meet them.
By my standards, a very busy week...
