Finnigan, begin again. I start my second retirement today. I retired from teaching and soon found myself in the unpaid childcare business. I loved it and I hated it. I loved getting to know my grandchildren so well. I will always treasure those memories. I am glad that I changed all of those cloth diapers, sort of. I am glad I know what they like to eat and how they like to play.
During the recent pandemic the babysitting was a Godsend. I kept the kids safe at home while the parents worked from home and I saved myself from the isolation and loneliness of the shut down and social distancing. I worry that I am quitting too soon with the recent uptick in the virus, but I had reached an end.
I need to sleep in once in a while. I need to have lunch with friends. I need to take care of some health and home things that I couldn't do with a job that offered no sick leave or benefits. I wished that I could have been the babysitter until they were ready for school, I really did. But, I didn't have it in me. I reached a done point.
And so now, today, I am a free woman. I have endless possibilities. Well, maybe not endless, but possibilities. The day has begun. First order of business. How do you get rid of squirrels in the attic? I think that I will call a guy.
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