Wild Back Yard

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Originally uploaded by cageyj

I decided on a tentative date for retirement this week - March 1 2009. My 65th birthday falls this year on February 22. I will reach 66 - the Social Security retirement age in 2009. I signed up for Medicare, Part A, this week.

I mentioned the date to my boss (unofficially, of course) to help as he contemplate budgets and staffing levels over the next months. The time could be advanced if I found something interesting to do part time.

These decisions and activities move me from considering retirement as an abstract concept to something that will really happen.

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This 'wild forest' stands in the lot right next to my yard. I captured this photo during a warm day of our January thaw.