Retired...for now!

So I did something kinda crazy last week.  Yep...I did!  I resigned from my teaching position.  Now some of you might think I'm insane.  I worked so hard for that job.  I put my time in at a Catholic school.  I sent out over 100 resumes.  I got 2 interviews.  It was a lot of luck and hard work!  What exactly am I thinking?

Well...for one..I can't go back right now.  I am not ready.  Yes, I know it has been two years.  That seems like plenty of time to spend with your little one.  But two years ago (today actually)  I was still sitting in the NICU, holding my sweet baby who was still having seizures.  That experience changed me more than I can even explain.  Only a NICU parent truly understand all of that.

Then there is the case for education.  Here in NJ, education has changed so much in the last two years.  I'd be going back to a whole different game.  The rules have changed, the curriculum has changed, the standards have changed...I'd be lost right now.

It was hard to let go.  Tenure, Pension (after reform), you know..all that jazz...but the reality of it all is that teaching will still be there when I'm ready.  Right now, my kids need me home, especially this littlest one...don't you agree?