Auntie Daycare has ended as Skyler started kindergarten and Hunter Preschool. With my days dull as I await sub jobs, I have had time to think and really am suddenly feeling culture shock. Reality has kicked in as summer has ended and school has started. I have been meaning to write a new entry for a while. I am finally writing this one because it seemed fitting at this time. It is the back to school time of year and my thoughts are with all the teachers and students everywhere. I of course am especially thinking of everyone at Al Raja School in Bahrain. As I previously mentioned, there was a time while in Bahrain that I did not want to return...and now as school starts...a big part of me wishes I was back with my friends and students in Bahrain. Granted part of it may be because I have no job here, but I also think it is simply because I love being overseas and enjoy the adventure and experiences that come with it. Since living in Jerusalem as a child, I have always had a sense of wanderlust. .
So, I guess you could say as everyone has reported to work the last few weeks, I am having second thoughts and wondering why I did not agree to return to Bahrain? I worked with great people and had terrific students. I know many of you will read this and say "I told you so". Of course, there are as we know reasons as to why I did return to Minnesota....three little ones who call me Auntie. They are my sweeties and while I do long to be elsewhere with a job, there is still the part of me that is torn towards them and I wonder how I managed to go five months without them. Anyway, this entry is kind of just a jumble of words and thoughts. I just wanted to share them and express that were there different circumstances, I would be back in Bahrain. It's a toss-up....a job or family? Obviously the family won out and while I am experiencing some second thoughts on the whole thing...I know that the next time Skyler hugs me and tells me she loves me, I will be back at knowing I made the right decision :) Thinking of and missing all my friends and students in Bahrain.
Thanks for reading and bearing with me. I will write another entry soon, that will most likely focus on the activities of summer and of course Florida vacation. Just something to look forward to :)
Hun the wanderlust (to a degree) never goes, and for some of us due to not having frequent access to extended family in our youths, they become to us incredibly important and rightly so :) just remember god has a plan and at least you had a wonderful experiance
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