Much, much better day today. I'm feeling good and the day itself was much improved. Dunno if the two go hand in hand but I suspect they do.
The company I work for announced today that they're putting a freeze on all pensions starting this year. That means whatever you've accrued in your pension as of that date will be what you get when you retire. Instead they're saying put all your eggs into the company 401K plan, essentially save on your own for retirement. They match the 1st 5% of your pay that you put into the 401K so it's not all that bad. Even still the pension freeze means I stand to lose over $300K in the next 5 years since I'm just at the point where your pension increases drastically. This means I won't be able to retire in 5 years. Now I'm not sure when I'll be able to retire. But even this news couldn't ruin my day today. Hell, who knows, I may not even live that long so why worry about it? There's nothing to be done but accept it so c'est la vie.
My grandkids are here. They just came in with my wife. They brought a bag of marbles and a double set of dice. They wanted me to play marbles with them. That or Yahtzee. Sorry to say, I can't recall how to play either of them. My senility at play. I know that I know how to play, I used to play both extensively, but I'm drawing a blank on how to do it. So they've settled in to make Christmas ornaments with my wife. Looks like they're having a good time. Damn, I really wish I could remember how to play but I know the harder I try to remember the farther back in my head it'll go. I'll remember tonight after they're gone, I know I will.
Had hotdogs again for dinner tonight. My wife and I both forgot to take something out. Isn't it horrible to get old? You forget everything.
My son had a pet python, a small one about 2 feet long. He bought it a rat to eat yesterday, a live rat. Well I guess the rat was too big for the snake because the rat killed the snake and ate the snake's head. That's some turn about huh?
It's going up into the upper 60's this weekend. Supposed to be beautiful on Sunday. I'm gonna have to get on the bike. It might be my last chance before winter sets in for good. Just gotta hope the depression remains at bay so I don't have to overcome that to get out.
Today was my hump day, tomorrow is my Thursday since I'm off on Friday. That's a good thing right? Well next week I'm off on Thursday and Friday so that's even better. And better yet Thanksgiving week I'm off all week long. I've got a lot of vacation in November, thank God because I need it. I know, that's a disgrace to say after having been off for 5 months but I guess I got spoiled.
I'm not sure what my vacation plans are for next year. I'll have over 300 hours vacation to use up so I'll have a lot to work with. I have to give it some thought. Hell I'd like to take 6 stright weeks off right in the middle of the summer. But that would use it all up. Who know maybe 4 weeks? Or I could take every other Friday and Monday off. Combined with holidays and I should never have to work more then a 4 day week and every other weekend I'll have 4 days off. That one sounds interesting. Have to work it out on a calendar and see what it looks like.
Well that's enough rambling. Ta ta for now.
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