My future picture?
My contract at Enka School ends June, 2022. Even though I feel I just stepped off the plane and was greeted by my airport angel, Zeynep, it is time for me to make a decision to extend my contract for a year or go home and truly retire. I do not know why people look so forward to retirement. I’m afraid of it. People die in retirement! But, it is inevitable, right? So, I've decided to go home and “face” retirement. I decided not to extend my contract and I told the high school principal yesterday. Up until Jim’s visit last month I had not made up my mind. I love the job. I love being in a classroom. I get a kick out of the students…well, most of them! Three factors told me it is time to retire: 1) 1 - Jim is supportive of my teaching abroad. His encouragement and enthusiasm for my teaching abroad adventure makes all this possible. Do not get me wrong. I never sought his “approval”- that is not the kind of marriage we have. But, his being