Today I celebrate the ninth anniversary of my retirement. Our son graduated from college on Sunday and I retired the following Friday. No more tuition checks and R & B and book payments-a coincidence-probably.
I had district seniority so I knew if I decided to retire I would qualify (only five of us did and I don't know how may applied). At that time we received a year's salary spread over twelve months. When the head shed secretary called to say I had the option to accept but had a few days to consider. I told her "I want it!" When she asked again, I almost screamed "Yes, I want to retire!" As a school counselor all I did the last two or three years was administer one group test after another. I considered them worthless then and I still do but someone thought "No Child Left Behind" was good but it would involve group testing. I didn't consider NCLB worthwhile and I still don't but someone decided we had billions of dollars to waste on testing.
Am I happy-oh, yes. I work harder being a childcare provider for my grandtwins but I enjoy that.