Laryngitis

Still. The one thing I've been careful not to do today is whisper, since that's the worst thing you can do when you have laryngitis, but tomorrow I shall do my best to remain completely silent. Of course, this is when I'd like to call several people to let them now about my impending retirement, but I've had to email all of them, except OldFriend, who does not have a computer or even use the one where she works. I'll catch her in a few days.

My feelings are still churning, although churning more gently, about this whole thing. Let me share with you a political cartoon that K found someplace and sent me the link for:


(It's from here.)

So that says a lot of it, but the bottom line is that I am okay with all of it, and I will continue to be. If it turns out that I have retired and the governor does not push through his proposed changes, well then, I will have made the best decision I could have at the time, and I will be content with that. If the changes do go through, I will be terribly sad for all my colleagues who took the gamble and stayed, and lost. They will have to work five or more years just to get back to the same conditions (pension-wise) that currently exist, and many of them are already over 60, and have been teaching for 40 years, or nearly that. They're gambling that things won't change and their pensions will keep going up, but if things do change, next year's pension will be less than this year's. That's why I'm going now.

Otherwise, a very quiet day. R and the SnL are out visiting in Colorado, and K is cat-sitting at their place. I spent a little time with my sister this afternoon, but otherwise, I'm just here, tidying here and there, stuff like that. My only plans for tomorrow consist of laundry and not talking. I did my little bit of grocery shopping this morning, and that should cover me for now. I've started watching Fringe on DVD, so I'll probably do more of that tonight. Rain tomorrow, they say.