Just a few more years till retirement ...

but I don't think I'm going to make it.

I'm looking for another job again. I hate looking for jobs. It's all a crap shoot.

1. You find a job ad that looks like it was written just for you. It has all your qualifications but your age and height. You wear your power suit and show up a few minutes early for the interview so the interviewer will know how eager you are. Somewhere in the middle of the two hour interview, you realize that you don't have any qualifications for the job. They just made up the job posting and they should have known from your resume that you weren't what they were looking for and vice versa.
2. You do your best at the interview and the interviewer enthusiastically shakes your hand and says, "You're just what we're looking for! We have to interview a few more people just for appearances, but you'll be hearing from us shortly" and then you never hear from him/her again. In case you haven't figured it out yet, if you hear "we have to interview a few more people", you ain't getting that job.
3. You do everything according to the book, dress professionally, show up on time, give a firm handshake, and speak confidently. The interviewer shows up in a wrinkled shirt and uncombed hair, 10 minutes late, and can't think of anything to ask you. You write a nice thank you letter even though you suspect he'll only use it to make a paper airplane. Then you never hear from him again. And you don't really care except if the "rules" say the interviewee writes a thank you note, why doesn't it say interviewers have to send you a note saying Thanks, but no thanks?
4. The interview goes OK and you get the job. It's even better than you imagined. You get a promotion and a raise before the end of the second quarter. The job ends before the end of the fourth quarter because somebody somewhere decides to re-organize the company, sell the company, or move to another state just because they have their head where it should be physically impossible to put it.
5. Everything at the interview goes fine and you get hired. One week into the job, you realize the interviewer lied about everything. Since the interviewer is now your new manager, you realize that you're going to have to start the job hunt all over again and you wonder if it would be too impolite to slap your resignation upside his/her lying face.

For many people a job is more than an income - it's an important part of who we are. So a career transition of any sort is one of the most unsettling experiences you can face in your life. ~Paul Clitheroe

Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideas. ~Paula Poundstone