I finally did it.

It does feel like a life milestone.  I does not feel like crossing the finish line, more like into the next chapter.  I will practice tai chi, I WILL !!

I'll do it, really this time

9/6/25  LOL, I've been saying I'll retire since 2022.  I would have been okay had I retired in 2018 when Auntie & Dad passed.  My stubborness to keep working for healthcare insurance cost me my mental health in 2019 by burning the candle at four ends with Mom's caregiving. I am guilty of quiet quitting in 2019 until 2021, just doing my job duties and only "working my wage".  In other words, I didn't do stuff that required an engineering degree even though I'm qualified.

Then last week I meant to turn in my notice to retire.  The current "internet advice" is to not give more than 2 weeks notice. I was going to give until end of the year in order to get my bonus & Christmas presents.  I must do this NOW in order to have a couple weeks to prepare the house for Bro's visit in October.

9/7/25 I guess I slept on it, plus I found a Medicare Advantage PPO that will take over on Oct 1.  Since I'll have no more job benefits, I've decided to work as a contractor if they really need me.  I'll stop working on my "busy-work projects" and just work on projects where they need fast design because Kyler is overloaded.  For now I'll hold off claiming Social Security until I find out how much work I'll be doing in 2026.

Rut roh, they noticed LOL

Yesterday I got called to a "motivational" meeting in Big Boss's office with Mrs HR & the GM.  They noticed my lack of "intensity" in my work.  But Big Boss still doesn't want to "get rid of me." Yes, I've been in documentation mode.  It's busy work.  Not doing anything important.  Just that nobody's coming to me for anything because they don't know when I'm coming in so they go to my Trainee.  He's pretty much taken over all the work and only has more advanced technical questions for me now.

Bottom line is I haven't been making the minimum 30 hours/week in order to keep benefits because of the medical appointments & time I need for dialysis.  In the meeting, I verbally declined the employer sponsored insurance because I have Medicare.  But now I have to find a solution for prescriptions.  But now that I've had the long weekend to sleep on it, I think I'll submit my 2-week (or one month?) notice next week.  Without the extra insurance coverage, I don't feel like I'm getting compensated enough to stick around.

I've got stuff to do that would be nice to have in place by the time Bro visits in October:

• clean the house
• clear the little room to make guest bedroom
• work out
• clear out the storage
• shred stuff
• scan stuff

Is it a sign to retire?

Just got out of hospital stay yesterday.  Went to ER Sat/Sun at midnight so total 4 days.  This, after having a cold & shingles at the same time despite being fully vaccinated for shingles last year.  Guy took his last singles outbreak as a sign to retire the year Mom passed.  I intended to do the same but there was nobody to do my job & hard to find people with my skills.  Now I've got Kyler all trained up for PCB design, he just needs a little more experience but as long as he has guidance from the engineers like Lenny & Wilton or Chris, it'll be fine.  Yea, Wilton is 70 (same as Uri & Gerri) and he's gradually stepping back.  Semi-retired like me.