3 Thousand Dollars Richer and Didn't Even know It!

Well, last week I had an interesting thing happen to me at the credit union. I went in to cash a $124.00. The teller mixed up my request with the guy next to me. I got his $3000.00 cash all packed neatly in an envelope. I was in a hurry and didn't bother to count it let alone look at it. I* threw it all into my wallet and turned to leave. One of the managers stopped me and asked me to go back to the teller. This is when I found out how much money I had in my wallet. I quickly returned it, got my money, and left. This is not the end of this story. Later that day the credit union called me wanting to know if I had the man's driver's license. Well, I quickly went through my wallet, purse, and envelope of money. It was not there. Two days later, when I was returning something at Ross, the sales clerk asked if she could see my debit card. So I flipped open my wallet and out flew that man's driver's license onto the floor. Talk about a shock! I ended up sending his license back to him certified mail the next day. Who would have ever thought I would ever have a mix up like that one?

Retiremant 2010

Well, I finally took the plunge and retired after 27 years of teaching elementary school. It was a hard decision but I was certain that it was time because teachimg wasn't fun any more. There were too many condtions and measures and lots of pressure from the state and district. So I filled out the paper work and sent in my letter of intent to retire and did just that in June of 2010. My school, Van Buren, gave me a wonderful party. The district had a lovely dinner. Then on the last day of school my parents and children gave me a huge surprise party with tons of yummy food. The good-bys were hard; but the leaving was a breeze.