Bittersweet

I had my exit interview with my boss yesterday. My time here is officially coming to a close. I am so excited to be staying home but also am carrying a bit of nostalgia about not being a teacher anymore. Most end of the school years are filled with so much excitement for summer and to just be out of here!!!! But this year, mostly due to what people keep saying, I have mixed feelings. My students say things like, "You won't be here when we come back to visit you? Awww....but you're our favorite!!!"(which means absolutely nothing in the exaggerated world of an 8th grader whose longest meaningful relationship lasts for no more than one week). Then there are the distant coworkers who have not talked to me more than twice in the past three years commenting on how much they are going to miss me and how much they have loved working with me, which is a load a crap (not that I wouldn't say the same thing to someone who I thought I'd probably never see again but wanted to leave good impression with). And of course there are those fellow workers that I have become close with that I truly will miss but will probably stay in contact with, so it's not all that sad.
Anyway, I have about 5 weeks of teaching left and who knows if I will ever teach again. A new chapter of my life is close at hand and I ready to step into it!