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But theyve ballsed it up.
Id planned to get out at the end of february, when I turned 55, but decided ( in good time ) to stay until the end of April, for a few reasons.
So imagine my surprise when a P45 dropped through the door, followed by a final pay packet. Oh and nothing from the pensions department to sign.
Of course this lot is outsourced, so spent the best part of a week trying to sort it out, and getting some emergency pay, which coupled with the P45 issue will potentially balls my tax up.
Added to this, they have known for two years I was going, and calibration is a fairly specialist subject, so two months ago I get given someone who aspires to be useless to teach up, and due to his propensity for being off sick will cause a single point failure to the business (though I try not to make this my problem)
God knows when my pension paperwork will drop through the door to sign and whether it will be correct.
Also having a bit of a time of it with the dog, shes turned 16 which to be fair is a good age but shes’s had a time of it with the d+v virus, nearly finished her off, and she’s regularly having bad days now, and needs full time attention when she’s feeling off.
Eldest has arrived back at home with a load of baggage including chickens, sheds, kennels, garden furniture, house furniture etc which has all needed moving and stashing, oh and a boisterous 12 month old lab, which the border terrier has just about got used to living with, the lab is very good but its bloody hard work with the two of them.
Added to that its now house hunting time which is a bloody nightmare with the market the way it is, and we really don’t want her to buy a rotbox as it’ll end up being my unwanted project…
Never thought Id be getting to retirement age and we’d still be lumbered with two kids that are now adults bouncing round the house
So I know in the scheme of whats going on in the world its not an issue, but can’t help not being bothered with doing the things I want to do at the end of a long day, and Im feeling quite sorry for myself at the moment
Id planned to get out at the end of february, when I turned 55, but decided ( in good time ) to stay until the end of April, for a few reasons.
So imagine my surprise when a P45 dropped through the door, followed by a final pay packet. Oh and nothing from the pensions department to sign.
Of course this lot is outsourced, so spent the best part of a week trying to sort it out, and getting some emergency pay, which coupled with the P45 issue will potentially balls my tax up.
Added to this, they have known for two years I was going, and calibration is a fairly specialist subject, so two months ago I get given someone who aspires to be useless to teach up, and due to his propensity for being off sick will cause a single point failure to the business (though I try not to make this my problem)
God knows when my pension paperwork will drop through the door to sign and whether it will be correct.
Also having a bit of a time of it with the dog, shes turned 16 which to be fair is a good age but shes’s had a time of it with the d+v virus, nearly finished her off, and she’s regularly having bad days now, and needs full time attention when she’s feeling off.
Eldest has arrived back at home with a load of baggage including chickens, sheds, kennels, garden furniture, house furniture etc which has all needed moving and stashing, oh and a boisterous 12 month old lab, which the border terrier has just about got used to living with, the lab is very good but its bloody hard work with the two of them.
Added to that its now house hunting time which is a bloody nightmare with the market the way it is, and we really don’t want her to buy a rotbox as it’ll end up being my unwanted project…
Never thought Id be getting to retirement age and we’d still be lumbered with two kids that are now adults bouncing round the house
So I know in the scheme of whats going on in the world its not an issue, but can’t help not being bothered with doing the things I want to do at the end of a long day, and Im feeling quite sorry for myself at the moment