Directions...

Wow. It ' s been three months since I last checked in with you, my loyal readers. All 3 of you. As you might guess from reading my ranting over the past 11-plus years, I ' ve been in the midst of a dilemma, in this case trying to figure out what my future should hold. There are many directions to go, many options to consider, and many needs to satisfy. But I think I ' ve got it. Finally.To be totally honest, my basic instinct was to retire completely at the end of the year. Which was my intentionlast year, but somehow I stayed on. And I will indeed continue to work for another year, although I ' ll cut back my weeks even more; in 2016, I will have worked 26 weeks, but in 2017, I ' m planning on being in the saddle for only 22 weeks. That ' s enough, I think. Rest assured, however, I ' ll have my phone on and operational 24/7, so no one need worry about reaching me. No, I don ' t charge for that extra service...So why was this decision so hard? Do it or don ' t, right? Well, it ' s complicated, and there are many factors involved. Of all of them, the financial aspects are the most straight forward. Continuing to work keeps my (markedly lowered) salary coming in, and my health insurance is provided. Since Dalai, Jr. has a $36,000/year drug habit, that drug being Remicade, insurance is quite nice to have, and even our rather high-deductible plan would set me back almost as much as the Remicade if I were paying for it directly out of my pocket. No brainers, there.Then there ...
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