[Superman]

Port Townsend is adorable.

My retirement strategy was to marry a smokin' hot 30-something neurosurgeon but that didn't work out so I found a smokin' hot 55-something who plans to work a few more years.

My last day of work will be May 31. My mortgage will be paid off. I can't remember the last time I had a car loan. There is a modest 'nest egg' in equities, I will have a defined benefit income from 22 years in state service, plus social security. I will not need to 'spend down' anything. Earnings will substantially exceed expenses while the wife works, and will continue to exceed expenses when she retires.

We plan to do some traveling. I don't see myself buying expensive toys but honestly, a boat is an intriguing idea. Inside the reef in Belize, near Chris's boat, sounds like a good place to wake up for a few months of the year.

And to answer his question more directly: Our retirement earnings will be in the neighborhood of 60-70% of our earnings today. I was in my 40s when I first earned that amount. Our expenses won't be more than about half our income, if that. We are both introverts, being quite happy at home reading, hobbies, chasing each other around the house, etc. I don't like cold weather as much as I used to. I have never seen Paris.