Rant #3,627: Short Shorts

This might very well be the shortest Rant of all time.

Yesterday was a complete disaster for me, as I literally worked all day--and I do mean all day--and into the evening to get out my coverage of that meeting I told you about.

Four-thousand words and counting.

I didn't even finish doing all that I needed to do, even though I was chained to the computer morning, noon and night.

Last night, I was so wound up that I couldn't sleep--three hours in dreamland, three hours wide awake, three hours back sleeping--so I woke up late today.

I still have work to catch up on, which I will do today, in between everything else I need to do, which is a lot.

THIS IS NOT RETIREMENT, but then again, I simply cannot fully retire.

I am getting more envious by the day of those who can simply say, "I have had enough!" and are able to retire on their own terms.

I wish I could, I really do, but I can never retire.

We have some money here, but it is not nearly enough to retire on.

And with taxes and my car probably needing brakes--coupled with some other big checks I have to write in February--retirement, the full kind, is off the table.

I mean, it isn't even a figment of my imagination as I work myself into the ground.

Wish my son luck with his Situation Wanted ad in the local Sunday newspaper.

He needs all the luck in the world to get a new job.

He is in the middle of his life work cycle, I am at what should be the end, and I don't want him to end up like me when he gets to be my age.

He should be able to retire, like any normal person should, on his own terms.

But let's not put the cart before the horse.

Maybe the ad will work, because I am out of ideas.

And you have a good weekend, and I will speak to.you again on Monday.

SHEESH!