old age and plans

For a few years now....no lets be precise....for two years now a group of us ladies (I still think girls is so much better but well) have been meeting on and off for a drink and pot luck.Any excuse to get together.Our conversations has over the years revolved around old parents,young children,trying bosses and husband who drive us mad,but who for some reason some of us love and others hate.

Over these last years we have seen children grow up and leave home,divorce happen,husbands being absent more often than not thanks to work.Long and short of it is that suddenly we are a bunch of women who are almost always alone.So we meet,to support each other,to cheer and encourage and comfort.We have now moved past all of these topics of yesteryear's to our current obsession.Retirement plans.Increasingly we are discussing setting up homes close to each other of creating revenue generating ideas that we can all work out together .Our plans are varied.It ranges from babysitting business to food chains to managing talent and so on and so forth.Yesterday two of us has already though of doing our Ph D and were looking for funding.
We are also aware that none of us can possibly be at home doing nothing.We are restless spirits,we need to do stuff.The conversations continue but we haven't got down to concrete plan.

I believe its all about what we are doing at the moment.Secretly we all enjoy what we do,we love bitching about our bosses...imagine life with out a fussy boss,we love complaining about our dysfunctional families...unfortunately we love them.We hate city traffic but are ready to drive off at the drop of a hat,we hate parties but love to go just to watch everyone else.Well why then are we discussing retirement.Me thinks we are not ready for it,but as a topic for late evening conversations,its perfect.
I dread to think of this gang being at home jobless.Not only will we drive ourselves mad,we will probably drive the rest of our families crazy too.