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Time flies. On a Monday morning at work when I look at the clock about every hour and a half and the clock has moved a mere 11 minutes, I might take issue with that statement.

But overall, time really does seem to fly. Just think: This year is more than half over; summer vacation is more than half over (we’re already being bombarded with back-to-school sales); we’re closing in on the end of July; and my career as an employee of the state of Wisconsin is rapidly winding down.

When I made my decision to retire this year, my 65th birthday seemed a long way off. But all of a sudden it is only a month away, and there is a lot of stuff to take care of before I can close the book on the Department of Educational Studies at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Everything is pretty well in place for the fall semester, but before my last day, we already will be working on schedules, books, etc., for spring semester.