Learning to Change

Education as we know it needs to move on too! Time to grab hold of all the innovation happening around us and put it squarely in the hands of the kids!

Moving On!

A milestone birthday, a wedding, and a retirement! All in the last 10 months! Time to celebrate the memories and then move on!

Beautiful Day!

Today was wonderful! Beautiful weather, good music, and I figured out that my flowers could be uploaded into Flicker instead of Picasa and it WORKED!

They don't even look real do they? But it's true, they are in my back yard!

And now my day is complete.

Administrator Retreat

Memories from last year! Will be thinking about everyone back in Green Lake this year without me!

Trying Out a New App called Blogsy

So I am having fun with a new ap on my ipad called Blogsy which allows me up update my blogs with ease! Or maybe not! I was able to upload one photo which you see above but then unable to upload more. Internet error, it says.

At any rate, the photo is one from my garden which has been enhanced with another ap called snap seed. Both really cool.

Now if I can just upload another photo!

Request failed! Sorry!

And It's Over!

A lifetime, it seems, has passed in seconds in front of my eyes. But then people say "you will love retirement!" So, now I just have to wait and see.

So far, it's getting used to waking up and not being startled that the alarm didn't go off! "Oh my god, am I late for work?" It's also getting used to have hours and hours of time to choose your own adventure! I want to end each day with a sense of satisfaction. Did I spend the day well?

I went to a Tarot Card Reader who said that many things are going to happen in July and August! Ok, I'm here...waiting!

Closing Another Door...Or Is It Opening A New Door!

The countdown to retirement is running. Sixteen more weeks of work are but grains of sand now on the beach of life!

I remember beginning the journey so well and thinking at the time that I would surely only work full time until I had children. Now 38 years later, I look back on a career not just a job and surely not just work! I never did get to be a stay at home mom but I still managed to raise to incredible girls and work full time as well.

I am calm, now, with the decision to retire. I am calm because I can see, in myself, the desire to hold on to the old when I know that things need to change. I can see myself becoming more anxious over simple tasks. I can also see the fact that I am taking too long to accomplish some of those tasks or I put off starting them because of that anxiety! These are the signs I have seen in others when I have secretly thought they should retire. So now that I see it in myself, the decision is a comfort.

So what next?

This is uncharted territory. Having parents who died before reaching retirement, I see this time as a pure gift that can not be squandered! So, one would think that I have a grand plan...but I don't! It's kind of like stepping up to a door and not knowing what's on the other side so I am unable to prepare for anything other than opening the door!

We'll call this my One Step At A Time journey. I'll keep you posted!