Retirement

I am retired and loving it.  I originally gave three months notice and planned to retire on December 20th.  By the the middle of September I had been sick with bronchitis 4 times and realized that I was not going to last until December so I gave two weeks notice and my new retirement date was 11-11-11.

Generally, teacher retirements take place in May and the the schools combine their receptions.  I did not expect to have any kind of reception in the middle of the school year but my colleagues had other plans.   They planned a really nice reception and had collected money for a gift card for me.  I was stunned!

One of the more tech savvy guys put together a rather funny slideshow using Photoshop.   It's supposed to illustrate some of the possibilities that I may try during my retirement.  It's kind of cute.

Here it is: