Can't get rid of me so easily

[cjsmith]

Picked up my first relief shift. (3/31, the day before I start the new job. Hope that won't be too awkward.)

I guess I'm sorta still a veterinarian. As hobbies go, it's kind of a nifty one, huh?

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[nosrednayduj]

Valerie's son-in-law is a relief vet -- he doesn't have any regular gigs, just fills in at several different clinics when people are on vacation. So he's really busy in the summer and winter, but this leaves him with a lot of spring and fall time off for hiking. Maybe easier to swing financially in Eastern Washington where the cost of living is not so high. A potential semi-retirement idea, anyway, after you've set yourself up with the profits from this high tech gig (which, btw, sounds really neat.)

[cjsmith]

I do like the idea of veterinary relief as a semi retirement. With my financial situation, I think semi retirement is a long ways off — 20 or 25 more years of loan payoff and then a few years to save anything. I think. (Or else I will just drop while still in harness. That’s probably more likely.) But the more relief work I do now, for income to put toward loans, the faster I’ll get there.

[amaebi]

Options is good.

[cjsmith]

Yes indeed. I'm in an unusual and lucky position: I have two skilled professions. (Collect the whole set!)