Retirement?

Thursday was a 2-hour delay day for both Plainfield and my school district. Friday was, too, except I had already arranged for a sub so that I could meet with the Teachers Retirment Fund folks in order to look at the numbers. Got the children situated, then went to IUPUI to hook up with Meg so she could go with me.

The whole retirement deal is confusing and somewhat overwhelming. There are known numbers and unknown numbers. The unknown ones include how much money is left in the account that was established to pay for my health insurance between retirement and Medicare, and how much money Uncle Sam will claim out of my benefits each year. Beyond that, it's all pretty much cut and dried. Will make THE decision sometime in the next few days.

Granddaughter Robin had a fever on Thursday night and again on Friday morning, so she got to stay home from school. Last night, she made the decision to stay home from Muncie. (Meg did take Ryan, however.) She worked on making Valentines for awhile, then we had a sleepover in Grandma's bedroom. She liked that. Today, no fever (of course!) so she accompanied us on a Wal-Mart grocery-and-other-things shopping trip for over two hours. The difference between taking Robin places and taking Ryan is like night and day. She is civilized; Ryan is a heathen! (A cute heathen, though...) In any case, we have shot a big chunk of the day doing "have-to" things instead of "need-to". 'Tis ever thus!