Two Days Ago versus Today

The human body is an amazing invention. Not only did my body wake up on a different continent two days ago, but I was also in a TOTALLY different mindset back then. However, in a mere 48 hours, I have been able to morph back into my American life just as easily as I left it all behind two months ago. We woke in Lima, Peru on Sunday morning and headed to the airport at about 8am. Then, the adventure of inter-continental travel commenced and we flew from Lima to San Jose, Costa Rica, to Guatamala City then to the final destination of home-sweet-home. We landed, and after a tedious two-hour progression through Immigration, Customs, and the agony of waiting for international luggage to make its way around that circle-thingy, we finally were dropped off at the front of our apartment building.

We both stood in front of our building only able to stare, noticing how little has changed, commenting on the subtle changes we quickly saw, and sighing deeply as we remembered that we had to wake in 3 hours to start our teaching year! So, we held hands, walked up to our third floor pad and thankful were greeted by Mark, our wonderful neighbor. Thankfully we was wide-awake and even eager to hear some of our stories. There is nothing better than a warm welcome home!

But, back to reality. We have started working and I am still feeling the sting from this slap on the face. New students have started their Orientation, I taught one day, now I am working with my colleagues to complete a daunting but thoroughly interesting and needed task of curriculum design. The school year commences on Aug. 30th.

School starts, what!...ahhhh! This slap just crept back up and smacked me again. But, I am eager and ready for the year to start. Dealing with the anxiety and prep needed to get to that point can get into a bubble and fly, fly away!