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Woke up at 6:30 AM.

I had an online seminar at work given by a committee for which I'm a liaison, so that took up at lot of my day. Otherwise, I've been discussing retirement with my dad. (I asked him how he decided when to retire.) My dad also thinks that I should "paper trade" his investment system until I get the money from the trust. I need to write the trust about wanting the money, but I've been dreading the explosion.

I was discussing with my dad things that I want to do in retirement, and learn photography is one of them. I ran across a photography tour of Yosemite, which would check two things off of my list---photography and seeing Yosemite.

My list: Mostly learning things. I wanted to learn how to do Web programming, but the classes at the U of I were too fast-paced, so I want to work on it at my pace, and maybe volunteer to do Web site work for non-profits. Also, work on programming for mobile devices. Learn more about economics. Work on my languages (Italian and French). The big thing that I want to do is spend a year studying Italian in Italy (and possibly French as well). Learn singing (I belong to a chorus), piano, and guitar. Garden. I don't have a plan for a part-time job but am open to one. Basically doing stuff that I'm already doing but with more time to do it. Oh, and start writing again (a mix of non-fiction and poetry). And I want to learn to write songs. I want to write humorous songs about getting older and post them on YouTube. And learn photography. I have a lot of resources about it, but haven't had the time to put into it.

My therapist said that Obamacare gets more expensive as you get older, and COBRA is expensive, so I should wait until I'm eligible for Medicare to retire (2.5 years). I need to learn more about it. I think that Fidelity has a webinar about Medicare that I'll look for.

Got the recycling out, including a ton of plant boxes that were on the porch. I have more boxes inside, but I’ll get them out next week. I strained my knee in taking out the recycling, sigh. I need replacement parts :)

I forgot to mention that I received more plants. The ferns for my shade garden look like happy little plants.

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Woke up around 11:30. I must of slept on my left hand in a weird way because it hurt when I got up. Mimi was being manic. Zara was being snuggly.
 
Fed myself and the hordes. Harlee ate a little of her food, and then promptly ate some of Zara's leftover food. Sigh. Now she's eating Mimi and Zara's dry food.
 
Took a nap and overslept. Guess that I'm caught up on my sleep.
 
I was thinking about how city-centric certain professions are. Yesterday, I was reading an article about how to get a job as a junior Web developer. Among other things, it said to participate in a hackathon, and "most cities have one". What if you don't currently live in a city though? They do have one at the U of Illinois though. And one in Boston that's open to women only.
 
I'm staying home today, and probably will spend the day in my pajamas. TMI? Mostly, I'll be cleaning, but want to see if there's any figure skating on tonight. Yep, men's free skate at 7 PM.
 
I forgot that I was supposed to come in late to work on Thursday because they're giving us an extra hour off, so I guess that I'll come in late on Sunday.
 
Called the vet about Harlee. She wants to keep her on the same meds, but taper her off.

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