So...for several years, I have known that my retirement eligibility date is December 8, 2016, when I will have 30 years with my current employer.  Unfortunately, I just found out a few days ago that the person who calculated my retirement made a mistake.  My new and corrected retirement date is 10/11/2017.

So...I will have the 30 years in December, but about ten months of that 30 years my employment was in a temporary position and that does not count towards my retirement date...it is what it is...

I was not planning on retirement anyway, because I need to work for awhile yet, but it was a milestone that i was looking toward reaching and it is now delayed.  Because my work environment is less than optimal, even on the best of days, it felt so good to know that I could retire in December if I could not tolerate the work place.  Now, it has shifted and is ten more months down the calendar.  Oh well, time will pass rapidly, especially the older I get, the faster time moves.