I hope everything comes out like you need it too on the scan. Waiting for an answer is many times the worst part of it.
I think it's nice you have picked a date. I didn't expect to be working now myself, but when it came to the time I thought I would be free, I didn't think I had enough put back to do it, so still I work. Fortunately it is at home, so is the best it can be for still working I suppose.
Working till I die, I guess that depends on when I die. If I die in the next 2 years, that will probably be how it goes. If I live longer than that, I will be hoping I have figured out a cheap enough way to live that I can do a little more than sit around and stare at the walls. LOL I have more extra money now than I ever had and I am saving a lot of it, but I am also spending more of it on my hobby than I need too. Fortunately, it doesn't take big bucks to splurge on it. I am enjoying that part. Trying to enjoy everything about every day till then.... trying.
Cheers to life after work ! I hope you get a LOT of it.
Oh! I had to come back about the do I have regrets stuff. I never thought I had regrets because I did the best I know how along the way, but now, there are a good number of things I would have done differently if I had the knowledge then that I have now. Oh well, unfortunately life doesn't hand out many do-overs! Mostly my life has been decent.