“Time marches on and sooner or later you realize it is marching across your face.”  – Steel Magnolias  - Truvy (Dolly Parton)

I had not planned on retiring from teaching for at least four more years, but life changes.  Retirement is bittersweet - leaving my 3rd grade class,  my educators, and my profession.  
I love teaching AND I loathe it.  How so?   I taught every age from Kindergarden to adults.  I enjoyed the laughter, the hugs, the "aha" moments, and even the tears.  I loathed feeling I wasn't ever doing enough, feeling I was teaching the wrong things, and feeling I wasn't a good enough teacher.  After years and years,  I learned that nearly every good teacher I know has these feelings of inadequacy.  Perhaps that's what keeps us strong and prepared - always trying to do more.
I will always be a teacher of some sort; I'm just too bossy not to be. 

"Why, land is the only thing in the world worth workin' for, worth fightin' for, worth dyin' for, because it's the only thing that lasts."   -  Gone with the Wind - Gerald O'Hara (Thomas Mitchell)

With the help of a knowledgeable notary (all are lawyers in Uruguay), we closed on our 5 hectares (look it up) today!  And we didn't even leave Texas.  This is REAL!  Our chacra (country property) has some very nice views and some very good "vibes."  We love it!