Constant Beginnings

And just like that, the rollercoaster is climbing once again! After a few conversations, a few phone calls and emails, Chris has been deemed eligible to apply for early retirement. Phew! It would have been frustrating to have been shot down before even beginning the process, but now, he at least can apply and see where that takes us. He'll apply this week, then we wait for the yay or neigh and go from there.

I mentioned this in one of my previous posts, but Chris received an email stating he was eligible for the early retirement incentive being offered because he has 15 years of service completed. The process goes a little something like this: get the email, send email back verifying eligibility, complete application, wait for response and proceed based on that response. Well, Chris emailed to verify his eligibility on the 14th and finally received word this morning that he is NOT eligible! WTH??!!! I think he is feeling kind of bummed about it as we had "life" planned out. There were minimal uncertainties in terms of what would happen next, what would life look like, etc. He is doing some checking to make certain this information is correct and that someone didn't make a mistake, but apparently either his year group was omitted from the deal or his career field. Either way, I guess we should look at this as a positive when thousands of others will be involuntarily removed ...