Well, the potential good thing from yesterday is real and on Monday I'm going to the DGA Pension office to figure it all out. All these years I guess I've misread the stuff they sent me, misinterpreting that I was not vested and therefore could not receive a pension from them. But that was not correct. In fact, I could have begun receiving a pension six years ago and every year thereafter. The only reason I now know this is because I got a check three weeks ago because when you hit age seventy and a half they automatically send you the minimum amount twice a year.
So, when I finally opened this thing they'd sent me in January to the old address, I could see what the deal was and what my options were. They include a monthly pension payment forever, which is only a couple hundred bucks, but much larger payments not quite as frequently that would eat up the total amount within a few years. OR - a lump sum payment. And that is what I'm going to take because it will so make my life easier for the next eight months to a year and I could really use that respite. I'll also be able to then actually save some of the Kritzerland money from our releases, too. This is a very big, beautiful thing. I'm going in Monday to fill out the paperwork. I have already ascertained that it's possible to take the lump sum. How long it takes to process I have no idea, but if this all goes according to Hoyle I will be a very happy camper.
