"Life is what happens to you when you are busy making other plans" John Lennon
So here we are, planning my retirement and our fall vacation. How did we get here? Well I transitioned to retirement by teaching half time for the past two years (academic years 2015-2016, and 2016-2017). I taught all my courses in the fall semester and took the spring semester off. Spring of 2016 is a bit of a blur. How did I ever have time to teach? First, we went to Israel with Bet Am Shalom Synagogue . It was an amazing trip. Pictures can't do it justice so I won't try, but here's one of all of us in Jerusalem: Bet Am Shalom group We went to Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Eliat, visited one kibbutz and stayed on another. We experienced Shabbat in Jerusalem and Shabbat on Kibbutz Ketura . And that was January. Menu for Marina's Confirmation lunch Then my dad fell and fractured his hip, so that was February. We went to Florida at the end of February for our grandniece's confirmation. Aunt Carol turned 86 in March and the family got together fo...