Honestly, I'm ecstatic about it this. I'm looking forward to going home and figuring out a career that is going to make me happy to get up and go to work. I'm pretty sure I know that career will be, but I'm not ready to 100% set my heart on it.
However, I do have 7 weeks of supply teaching left. That's 35 potential work days. Yesterday, I was not in a good mood. I was already feeling depressed about having to go back to work. I know that I can't wake up each weekday morning in despair. I won't survive it, and the days until July 19th will drag on and on and on. So, today I've been thinking about what I can do to get me through.
My best friend Denise inspired what I am going to try. I know that even though she is my best friend and that she wants me home just as much as I want to be, that she still wants me to enjoy my last bit of time here in London. She gets mad when I focus too much on a countdown and I don't take the time to enjoy each day. I personally think that will happen when I'm actually fully enjoying what I am doing in life (work, friends etc). But, for her, I am going to try something.
Each day I am going to think of something that I am grateful for. It could be a highlight from my day of teaching, or a song that I can't get out of my head. It might be something funny, or something beautiful, or something so random that I can't even think of an example right now. Each night before bed I will put this on my blog. Hopefully this will work as a reminder that as much as I want to be at home, there are positive things to take from each day here in London. And perhaps I'll wake up each day just thinking "What will I be grateful for today?".
So, to start these daily posts, this is what I am grateful for today...
I am grateful that I have one of the craziest and most awesome best friends that I could ever ask for waiting for me in Canada. Evidence of that? I send a silly picture to her, and she doesn't just laugh and shake her head at me, she sends one right back!
While I've been on my adventure abroad, our friendship has only strengthened which is not something I can confidently say about all of my friendships. If I didn't have her supporting me and pushing me to carry on here when she knows I'm unhappy, then I probably wouldn't make it through my entire year abroad. She has gotten me through heartbreaks and celebrations. She even shared an amazing trip in February with me, which is something that I know I will cherish forever and it will be one of the best parts of this year. I can't wait to have so many more adventures with you! You will be my friend forever. There is so much more that I could say, but I'll just end with the fact that words don't do our friendship justice. I may not have grown up with a sister, but I can say that I feel like I know what it would be like because of you.
So, here's to my last 7 weeks of teaching and my last 54 days on my adventure abroad! Let me find the strengthen to make it through each day and to try my best to enjoy my time here. :)
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