Hello World! I have successfully returned from Ghana, although I still await the results of my X-Ray for my still hurting leg, and my blood work, which better not say that I contracted HIV or Syphilis while I was hanging out in that sewage hole on November 7th! I am sure the test results are there, however, I have not yet seen my doctor, so, I am still waiting! I do get to see my doctor next week, along with my dentist who I had to cancel on because I had strep throat upon my return to Prince George! Yay me!
I logged into my CNC email this morning to the most amazing news I have ever heard! The computer tech I had asked to try to find my deleted pictures had emailed me. He was able to recover most if not all of my pictures and videos! I picked them up this morning, and because the lady who would give me work is all scattered today and just wants me to hold down the fort, I spent the morning looking at them, and uploading them to Facebook. I was alone in the office for a while, and I was laughing out loud at the antics of the World Vision staff, my dancing, and the patience of those trying to dance with me! Sadly, Facebook does not seem to like my 8 minute video of me dancing, which, of course, if the best video. I thought I was excited when I got the email from Kevin, but then I picked up the CD he made, and then I put it in the computer, and my excitement level just kept growing! I even announced my love for him (that we are not going to tell his wife about!) Sometimes I had technology with a passion – like when you can reformat a half used memory card! – but when you can recover things that were deemed doomed, it is an amazing thing!
I am busy studying for my return to school, trying to figure out this grammar stuff. I am not sure the books I purchased are helping me at all, but I am diligently reading them, during my lunch breaks and after work. I started the pre-course package, and got scared away for a while, but hope to jump back on board tonight. I have to figure this out sometime! May as well make it sooner! I look at the information they are asking from me, and a blank stare fixes itself to my face. My eyes glaze over and my mind, like a record, says WTF! Honestly, this course scares the crap out of me, and most days, I am unsure why I am doing it. Of course, I look at pictures of Ghana and remember it all. I am doing this because this is the way my dream will come true. I will do fine! Remember, I don’t fail (except when it comes to relationships! Haha!) At any rate, I am determined to do this, and determined to make it work, somehow, someway! I guess I just have to start thinking like a teacher… I am regretting not taking my 2 year Bachelor of Education right now, only because I think it would have calmed my nerves a little!
I was looking at the job board today at Dave’s ESL Café online, and some of them got me pretty excited. I have decided I want to go to Japan, but that is not necessarily where I will end up. As I read some of the offers today, I enjoyed that not all required teaching experience, and that people seemed okay with teaching for them. Of course, some want a PhD which, obviously, I am not planning on getting in the foreseeable future. Most places in Asia offer accommodation (or an accommodation stipidend), often with other teachers. I see this as a very valuable idea a lot like the volunteer house I so adore in Bawjiase!
However, I think I might have a predicament! I was at the College yesterday and heard a rumour that there might be work coming up for me. This work would last 10 months, and would start approximately when I come home from school. Of course, this is great! My bank account will be very excited! At the same time, that means I cannot travel in 2011, which seems awfully sad for me! Vlad will probably tell me I don’t love the babies properly because I cannot see them! He is funny like that. The problem lies in that my mom suggested that maybe I could get a position in ESL for the summer (of course, this is not for certain, and is less certain than the 10 months which was rumoured yesterday. Teaching for the summer is just talk between Mom and I!) So, anyways, teaching for the summer would be a far more valuable experience than the 10 month position. It would be something that I am looking to do, in a somewhat comfortable environment. I get to go home every night, and don’t have to make new friends if I can start my teaching career off at home. But, it would only be at most 3 months (with a remote possibility of a September position), whereas, the other position would be 7 months longer. My bank account could use that extra 7 months! When I first decided I was going to do this course in February (well, January actually), I wanted to be overseas by September. Having looked at the job board, I see that is not as possible as I thought. The September job postings seem to be out already, so mid-March is probably too late. So either way, I am probably here for September. I am probably looking at a January 2012 start date. However, 10 months from March does fall into January as well… Sadly, the job thing will probably come down to me taking the rumoured 10 month job, unless I hear strong rumours about their being teaching positions available for someone like me, before I have to take the other position! Oh the joys of not having a steady job!
So far, 2011 is much better than 2010 started out, so this is a good thing! I am decently happy and my life seems to be going in the right directions! I miss my babies, of course, but I am working towards a life where I might be able to have children like that in my life on a permanent basis! I still miss having a black child at my side, and I miss speaking in semi-Twi to them. This is something I will learn to get over though; that is, until I can have one!
I hope you, my beautiful friends, are doing equally fine if not better in the start of your 2011!!
Much love to you all!
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