Bittersweet
As I sit here reading my friends' blogs and looking at their pictures, instead of getting ready like I'm supposed to be doing, it hits me that my ICSB friends are already back at staff training in Hungary....without me. It's a really weird feeling. I miss Hungary but at the same time I know this is where God has me at the moment. The last portion of my time in Hungary I ached to come home and stay home. So many things added to that feeling and once I got home it was wonderfully refreshing (after the unbelievably negative debacle trying to get home).
I loved getting to partake in many of the things I had been missing for a year and continue to strengthen my love of oatmeal. Regular lactose products still make me sick (as they did before I left), and I get a lot of canker sores. It was wonderful to be back and yet the summer was not exactly like I imagined. I got to see David about 300% more than I ever had before, which was great but definitely interesting. It's quite an interesting experience to date someone for over a year and only have spent about 10-15 days together total. I think it's worked out very well though:)
Along with seeing David, I got to see several other friends who I had been longing to be with. Now the two friends I'm the closest to in Midlothian have left again (or are getting married Saturday). There are still friends who I haven't seen, and friends who I have seen but not sufficiently caught up with. It's a very strange feeling.
Next week I start training for a job that makes me feel scared and overwhelmed. I got a job though, which was a big undertaking this summer. I also taught Summer School Kindergarten (successfully!) and bought my first new car. It's a silver 2008 Toyota Corolla and I will be paying for it for a long time. Along with trying to readjust to living in the US, I am also dealing with the depressing world that is 'being a grown-up.' No one told me how unglamorous it was going to be. I mean, I never pictured being a teacher as glamorous but I didn't picture my life exactly like this. I don't even know what is wrong with me. I bet my mom would say I need more sleep...
I loved getting to partake in many of the things I had been missing for a year and continue to strengthen my love of oatmeal. Regular lactose products still make me sick (as they did before I left), and I get a lot of canker sores. It was wonderful to be back and yet the summer was not exactly like I imagined. I got to see David about 300% more than I ever had before, which was great but definitely interesting. It's quite an interesting experience to date someone for over a year and only have spent about 10-15 days together total. I think it's worked out very well though:)
Along with seeing David, I got to see several other friends who I had been longing to be with. Now the two friends I'm the closest to in Midlothian have left again (or are getting married Saturday). There are still friends who I haven't seen, and friends who I have seen but not sufficiently caught up with. It's a very strange feeling.
Next week I start training for a job that makes me feel scared and overwhelmed. I got a job though, which was a big undertaking this summer. I also taught Summer School Kindergarten (successfully!) and bought my first new car. It's a silver 2008 Toyota Corolla and I will be paying for it for a long time. Along with trying to readjust to living in the US, I am also dealing with the depressing world that is 'being a grown-up.' No one told me how unglamorous it was going to be. I mean, I never pictured being a teacher as glamorous but I didn't picture my life exactly like this. I don't even know what is wrong with me. I bet my mom would say I need more sleep...
posted by Lisa @ 8:00 PM
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