64 AND STILL INTERVIEWING

Most people are making retirement plans at 64. He was interviewing for a new job. Found it on the Internet after his children had asked one more time that he and his wife move from Texas to North Carolina. This possibility was in Blacksburg, Virginia. Close enough. He had planned to work until 66 and then retire. When the economy went south, his financial security became Antarctic. Besides this job had tremendous possibilities. He worried about his age. How could they choose him? If they didn’t he would be stuck in Texas, getting older, and dying away from his children. His body would have to be flown to North Carolina for burial. That would be expensive. He didn’t feel like he was 64, but they were going to test his stamina—six interviews in the morning, a luncheon with 18, four interviews in the afternoon, and a dinner with eight. He survived with energy to spare. Indeed, he had more energy after all was said and done, than he had in the morning. He was excited. 64 is awfully young.