Congratulations and thanks to all the retirees for their hard work!
Teaching is my 2nd career, and I am eligible to retire at the semester in December (last day would be Dec 19, my grandson's FIRST b-day) or in June, after 18 years. I am sooo tempted to go in December. I teach middle school science at my neighborhood school, and this year I'm just getting kind of tired - love the kids but other things are starting to wear on me. BTW, my 26 yo son walked past his 4th grade teacher in a store today. He did not recognize her at first, but she knew HIM, and said he still looked the same, only 6'3" now. :-) Made his day!