*I hate having to set my alarm clock,/I’m not one of those individuals that feels they have to be around people*
I’m happy for you. I still set my alarm early-5am. There aren’t enough hours in the day to enjoy. I let the nighttime dictate when I sleep.
*My May/December marriage will mean my wife will work 7 years after I retire.* Had an attractive girlfriend like that. While she’s at work I wanted to go to the sports bar for lunch, walk the dogs, prepare dinner and give her rubdowns when she got off work. After 60+ minutes of attention the plan was to ‘retire’ in my den-leave her alone. Unfortunately she was having none of that. A working woman’s space is more important. Can’t blame her.
*The most common lament is that we are busier now than when we were working full time.*
People that say that are just lying. Trying to make themselves look like there’s a lot going on in their lives. While it could be true they no longer have to live up to someone else’s standard-Same as a housewife.
When you're getting up, I'm just going to bed. I hope when you do get to retire, you are blessed with a long, and healthy retirement. The Lord has been good to me, that's for sure. Not all the people I worked with got to live to retire, and the majority of them were much younger than me.