12yo last night before bed was talking about her plans to grow up and how long she was going to work for. She said if you retire too soon, then you just don’t have much to do and no money. But if you work too long, then you finally retire and only have a few years left to live. It kind of hit me that when she does grow up and retire eventually, I may not be around to see it. Kind of a sobering thought.
Also, my mom called and said my grandpa isn’t doing very well. He fell almost 2 years ago and ever since then he really couldn’t hear. He’s had some other falls, his heart isn’t as strong as it needs to be to get oxygen and blood throughout his body, so he’s pretty weak. He’s having trouble holding his bladder. Mentally he’s still fine and really sharp. My mom says he’s in really good spirits still and is really funny. She took him to an appointment and he said “well I ain’t very fast, but I’m efficient!” He’s such a sweet man. Today is my grandparent’s 75th wedding anniversary. Here he is on one of his toys last year. He was in the navy and then when he came home he was a heavy equipment operator. When I was a kid he almost died because the bulldozer he was driving slid off the edge of an embankment and rolled over onto him. He was in the hospital for a while but miraculously wasn’t killed.
which wouldn’t be bad but she is watching one of our friends two kids and she’ll have to drop one off. Not sure I’m ready to have someone drive our kid. Even if she comes highly recommended by several Drs my wife works with.
and even if WFH ends, they're older so they can chill at home.
