When Can I Retire Rant

I'm tired.
Forty-two years as a nurse.
I'm tired.
I'm happy to have the job I have, but there are other things I want to do.
I want to write.
I want to be the one with a book signing (yeah, the ole green-eyed monster - I'm human). I've been writing for 50 years; writing for publication for 2o years.
I cannot let the day job exhaust me to the point that I can't do anything else.
I've got to keep thinking about Morgan fixing up the sun porch with two desks, one for each of us.
The prize I'm keeping my eye on.