Ain't eight great???!!! 
Eight is the date to be late.
Not too late to change yer mind C, think of all the excitement you will miss at work, the boredom, the decisions you will have to make, such as what time do I get up today? Which jeans to wear, or is it a PJ day. The transformation from working man to retired man isn't for the faint at heart, consider wisely grasshopper, for the world as you knew it is about to change, and it truly does have it's challenges.