Retirement Countdown 2025

  Angel Island, San Francisco, Old Post Office Building Structure  It's been what, almost 9 months since I retired from my position with the University. Worked there for almost 23+ years. In that time, I've promptly eliminated any notion of work related communication, i.e. emails, subscriptions, and any communication with my old colleagues. But with the exception of colleagues who've moved on to the retirement world. We try not to talk about work, but simply the commonality of why we left the building to this day.  In addition being "checked out" from work, I've started my favorite thing to do which is travel local and international, also visiting friends and family at an extended amount of time. I don't have anywhere to go, so why the rush to get back home? Which leads to this question. How am I spending my days since retiring? There's only so much traveling one can do, or spend time with friends and family. That may be a third of the time, what about...

  MILESTONE RETIRE 2025 has certainly been an adventurous one. I knew that this was the year I planned on retiring from my job of almost 6 years -  regardless of the circumstances of our economy or political upheaval, (what's new? ) But as 2025 arrived, I wanted to make sure this was the year filled with adventure!  Office gang, School of Pharmacy, PharmD Program  I chose to leave on July 1st, and that it would be a great time to take off and travel. My job was fulfilling for the most part. I made some impact as an college admissions coordinator. I helped see many perspective pharmacy students navigate their career path to enter in a world class PharmD program as future pharmacists. This I will never forget.  Graduation Ceremony  TRAVEL  Travel is my current relationship. My fellow solo traveler, a sense of discovery is my guidance to living on my own and making the best of it. Upon retiring, I stepped on to a plane to fly across the atlantic for my f...

Last month was my 60th birthday. I can't believe it arrived. For almost a decade I was dangling around telling people I'm in my 50s. Now that is not the case, I ponder what now? An R&B singer, Aaliyah had a song titled,  " Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number". I thought of this, and say, really is it just a number?  To me, it's a statement that I'm no longer in "that" demographic of individuals who are under 60. I'm with the group now that borders on pre retirement age to full on, no longer working. Well generally. I think of my high school classmates who are all turning 60 this year in 2025. To think just 35+ years out of high school we were young and invincible. As life moves on, we take on our careers, family, and new lifestyle of being adults. i.e. paying taxes, voting, and managing our lives as best as we can. Surreal.  Union Square, San Francisco, CA   Personally, as I prepare my impending retirement from my current employer, I'm a bit a...

I'm taking in the stormy weather we've been having in the Northern California area to stay in to do a little writing. It's been a few days after Christmas and I'm really feeling the sense that my desire to retire in 2025 is literally around the corner!  As I select July 1st as my last day in the office, standard protocol in submitting a retirement/resignation to my employer is generally 3 months. This allows all the paperwork to be processed just in time before I walk out the door. So starting in April I'm letting my director know I'm leaving.  Personally, I still feel the anxiety and wonder if it's the right time, will I make a mistake by retiring too early, all these crazy thoughts start to surface in my head and making me second guess my decision.  But as there is constant rain pouring outside my window, I'm given some calmness that all my preparation has been more than enough. I've crossed all my T's and dotted my I's, and it's really...

  This has been such a common and important question many soon to retiree(s) need to make a decision. Do I stay or should I go? Sounds like a song lyric, but the truth is, yes where do I decide to live after retiring?  City Living  Here's my predicament, I live and work in the city where my job is so, it makes sense to be centrally located to where my job is - right? But, when you decide to leave, should you relocate? I live in an apartment in the city that has rent control. Many say once I leave, I can't come back as the cost of living for housing will never be the same. On the other hand, I also have real estate property outside of the city. This will be paid off soon. I could live there and forego any additional rent paying in the city. But I don't want to live in a remote setting. For me, I'm a city slicker, I love the city vibe, the convenience of walking out my door and getting a cup of coffee and sit and take in the city setting. Where as living in a remote locat...

AIDS Walk San Francisco beneficiaries 2018 I've been part of this event for a number of years and find this to be one of the most satisfying personal causes in which I've participated in. I hope you will join me on this continued journey in supporting me by making a donation here to AIDS Walk San Francisco. AIDS Walk San Francisco recognizes that no one organization can meet all the needs of people living with HIV/AIDS. That is why the event emphasizes not one voice, but many voices; not just services in one city; but rather the Bay Area-wide effort to bring this epidemic to an end. In my blog, I appreciate your support, and hope you are able to join us at Golden Gate Park for the Walk on Sunday, July 15.  Mahalo! (Thank you in Hawaiian)  Fundraising page:  https://sf.aidswalk.net/edgar

One week ago today, our boxer, Jack died during a Sunday morning walk around the neighborhood. I knew he wasn't well in the last couple of years, but did't want to admit that he was getting old and his health was failing. The gregarious and easy going Jack smelled everything along the way. That is how dogs usually see their world, by their sense of smell. His death was sudden and quick, his heart failed. He collapsed and his paws were sprawled on the pavement. I quickly held him up to try to revive him at the same time calling my partner to come over and help me. But sadly, the remaining minutes we tried to save him ultimately turned to comforting and looking at him with compassion until he took his last breath. It was devastating. I cried and cried. We lost someone who was part of our family, our life for almost 10 years.   So, today, I'm celebrating his life and sharing his image to remember that he wasn't just a dog but an amazing addition to the fa...

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Members of the extended UCSF community, including their families and friends, on Sunday joined with 25,000 other people to fill Golden Gate Park to raise money for research and treatment programs for those who are living with HIV/AIDS and to help prevent new HIV infections. “You helped make a powerful statement, and your fundraising efforts helped us raise $3,502,729 for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and 63 other Bay Area HIV/AIDS organizations,” AIDS Walk organizers said on Monday. “Thank you for making this year’s AIDS Walk San Francisco such a success!” While donations are still coming in, the amount raised so far is a million short of the near-record $4.5 million that was raised in AIDS Walk San Francisco 2008. But the crowds gathered in Sharon Meadow looked just as large and seemed as spirited as in previous years. For its part, the UCSF contingent, consisting of nine separate teams and more than 200 walkers and volunteers, raised about $30,000. That’s down from the $53,0...

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Faculty, staff, students and trainees are invited to participate in AIDS Walk San Francisco, the annual trek to raise money for HIV/AIDS research, prevention and treatment. AIDS Walk San Francisco is a 10-kilometer (6.2-mile) walkathon that benefits the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, in addition to several other local AIDS service organizations, including the UCSF AIDS Health Project and the Lesbian Health & Research Center at UCSF. Join a UCSF Team As in past years, UCSF has formed a number of teams that are busy trying to recruit members and raise the most money in a friendly competition to win the UCSF AIDS Walk Trophy, a bronzed New Balance running shoe formerly worn by Chancellor Mike Bishop, MD. As the top individual fundraiser in 2008, Edgar Micua , who leads the UCSF School of Medicine team this year, received a MacBook laptop donated by UCSF Finance and Administration. UCSF AIDS Walk participants and the individual who raises the most money also will be eligible for ...

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