Less Than 6 Months To Go!

This is a minor milestone for us.  We've got less than 6 months before our new life begins.  It's exciting and worrisome.  We're also at a crossroads on when to tell our bosses that we're retiring.  We really enjoy our jobs and our bosses and it's pulling at us to tell them as soon as possible.  And, in fact, it will be very soon.  Broadly, the reason we haven't so far is because of this economy and the struggles in Congress.  Civil Servants are constantly targeted either as part of packages to reduce government spending, or more directly, the evil that is seen as big government.  That's a political thing and I'm not going there in this blog.  Anyway, I digress a little.  The point being that downsizing packages, currently known as VSIP/VERA, are also being offered so we have to time our intentions to keep our options the most open to benefit our needs.  If we let cat out of the bag too soon, we may miss an opportunity and give advantage to policy-makers.  To simplify, we want tell our bosses, but we don't want them to take advantage of us based on that knowledge.  Yes, folks, it does happen from time-to-time.  Regardless, today is a great day!