Sitting in my office and coughing. I am actually coughing less than during the night so hopefully I will continue to improve.

My exciting (scary) news is that I decided to file the paperwork to retire in May 2012. I am not eligible to retire until January 2012. By filing this tentative paperwork, it guarantees me summer courses for the next two summers, which then increases my average salaray. They use the average of your last four years as well as years worked in order to determine your benefit.

If I do not retire in 2012, I will just not be eligible to teach in the summer again for several years. However, I am pretty sure I will retire then because I just do feel as if I am doing a good as job. Next year, I will have to file permanent paperwork, in order to be partially reinmbursed for some of my sick leave. Six months after retiring, I can teach one class a year if one is available, and if I am interested. I planned on teaching for several more years prior to dx and I would like to have more money in the pension system, but I think I will be okay. I will just have to learn how to be frugal.