Pretty easy day at the office today. I needed to bring the laptop in to school to work on the project, and both of the day's classes were in a kind of stasis as far as real work is concerned, so we did a photos and music day. The fun thing about being an English language teacher is that, even though it may not be a well-built lesson plan, talking about old photos in English is still productive. I get to show them Alaska, Seattle, places they'd probably never get to see, and they get a lot of English out of it. Everybody wins.
Sometimes I wonder if showing the photos makes me miss home a little more than I'd like, but at the same time I get an excuse to look over it all and remember the good times. It's bittersweet really. A common question today was "how long has it been since you've been back to Alaska?" and when I answered two years, it seemed to echo around for a while. I couldn't really understand how that much time has passed. But it has, and it really hits me when I look at the dates. And of course, each photo is dated.
Anyway, I'm headed out of town for the weekend to celebrate cinqo de Mayo with friends. We'll take any pseudo-American holiday, really. By September, I'll be the only member of my group that came here left in Bulgaria. Everyone else will have gone home, or to the rest of Europe, or to Asia. A kind of family is breaking up, and we're taking every opportunity to say goodbye.
Posted by Rob at May 5, 2005 06:35 PM