Saturday, June 02, 2007

Because I Haven't Implied It Enough

There are two days left where my students will be in school. It is saddening. I wish that this year could go on, but I know it won't and we will all move on in different directions. Sometimes I dream about what my students will become in 5 or 10 years. Who knows. What people expected of me when I was 15 and what I became at 25 do not line up. Life happened.
I had a dream last night. I was on an airliner and was traveling with a group although I didn't register who the group was. The plane started to descend, we were landing in Moscow. As we got off the plane and started to go through customs I became very confused as to where I should go next to find my baggage and get to my connecting flight. Just then a small hand took mine. I realized that I had been traveling with my students and now they were going to show me which way to go to safely get to my next flight. Subconcious working?
I have less than three weeks until I take off for Europe. On the 18th I fly to London and spend 5(?) days there, then to Paris for 4 days. Then, back to London and on to Istanbul. I will spend about two weeks in Istanbul and eastern Turkey which should be rife with adventure.
Meanwhile I continue with graduate courses over the summer. Masochist I am. I am also just starting to delve into preparing for Japan. I fly to Japan on July25(?) where I will begin next year's cycle. It promises to be an exciting, scary, and happy couple of months.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

It was divine orchestration that landed you there. I think it will linger in your memory a long time. Ending one chapter, on to the next...

Anonymous said...

hopefully you'll be posting pics and telling us about your trip overseas (very soon). we want to hear all about it!

:)