Thursday was the last day of school with the students. And it was a really good day... Quintin didn't run or poop anything up, Nicholas didn't melt down, Mapenzi didn't need any buttons sewn, and William only spit a couple times. I've been in Room 12 for a month and a half and, even after this short time, it is still so hard to say goodbye to them. I learned so much more from them than they learned from me, sharing so many laughs, hugs, and epiphany moments along the way. I am indebted to these four boys.
And so with the ringing of a bell and the departure of the buses, all that stands in the way of my summer is one PD day. It terrifies me how fast time moves along. I vividly remember sitting in my cohort A room on the first day of teachers college, no pen, no paper, a giant ball of stress, nibbling on crackers I didn't want to be eating except for something to do. Bart's subsequent late arrival and wise words of wisdom and calming still shimmer in my memory, because they were words of truth.... And everything did turn out just fine. But why or how is beyond me. I actually have no concept of how I managed to get myself from A to Z (Z being this very moment), and to have experienced so many AMAZING things with people I have come to love and admire so much. But I'm so grateful for every second of it. All of it.
In September, I will be heading to London, England to teach. Legit. Yep. I'm going. For a brief moment there I was convinced it wasn't going to happen. Stupid me. I've been known to let the words of others swirl around in my head and sometimes I come to believe them, true or not. I'm glad people care about me, but at the same time I need to do this. I have had it in my heart since before Christmas, long before South Africa. My 28 days in South Africa, though, only served to solidify my deep desire to explore the world even more, and bonus... I will get to teach at the same time. It all consumes my thoughts, all of excitement, nervousness, joy, and adventurousness. My goal is to be teaching Kindergarten (or grade "R" as they call it), and to TRAVEL AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE!!!! It's a huge step that I'm ready and more than willing to take.
I am stoked on summer and the things I have planned for it. And my new red jeans. And life in general. Everything is amazing.
I'm also super excited to have some time to explore my mind and write a bit this summer too! It was a bit of a slow year for that with school in the way, but I want to get back at it and work on my skills a bit.
And I wanna sing. In a microphone. For people. I don't even care if they clap for me, that's not the point. The point is to challenge another part of me that could potentially be fun and go somewhere.
This is short and random, but it's something.
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