Dee I am thinking about finishing on the 27th of May as well. The difficulty for me is fitting in around school holidays. My Maternity leave if I start on 27th will be 4 weeks into a term, I feel bad for finishing half way through a term, but realy cant afford to finish at the end of term 1. That extra 4 weeks work will make a load of difference. I think at least one good thing is it will be cooler at this time of the year, so we wont have the heat to contend with while we are heavily pregnant. It feels weird, I am starting my new job on 30th Jan, and by 27th May I will be on leave, I am not even going to get in 6 months work. Oh well I guess that is the joys of being a teacher.