We are lucky. My mother was going to retire at the end of the school year after 37 years of teaching. She checked with her retirement people and if she retires in March she will only make 18 dollars a month less than if she stayed through May. My mom and mother in law will be the sitter for a while, can't think of better ladies as they have early child development degrees and my mother has taught elementary all these years--and my dad is a retired middle school teacher. Sometimes life does work out.