There’s 21 minutes until I have to be at work. I’m currently on the couch, listening to the rats chew the cardboard box in their cage. I have no motivation to get off the couch and go to work. I can usually delay the inevitable for another 10 minutes, maybe even 15.

I think about retiring a lot. At 54, it’s way earlier than I ever thought I would even think about retiring. The idea of just taking months for sailing trips is so appealing. A three month trip to the Bahamas sounds amazing.

As you can imagine, there are some problems with the idea of retiring early. They all have to do with 💰. I’ve been out of college 11 years, but I’m still paying on my student loan. There’s also this little thing called a mortgage.

But, Brian is ready to retire. My husband has had 30 years in public service. His current assignment is in a school and he’s has 10 years in and is definitely ready to go out.

I read stories written by people that live aboard their sailboat and how wonderful their life is, cutting the ties to land. I think I want this lifestyle. My husband certainly wants this lifestyle.

Can I handle living on a 39 foot sailboat for months at a time? Or will I go stir crazy? 🤪What do we do with our house? The cats? They cannot live on the boat. 

I still have about a year and a half before I hit 20 years at my job. It will all work out.

…10 minutes until start time. Good thing I just walk downstairs.

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~P.