I think it's because I have had to focus on living, and haven't had the parallel energy to comment on it all. Once again I realise, as I look back into the blur of the last few weeks, that the process of assimilating new information...meeting new people...figuring out new roads and navigating new areas...applying for new jobs and imagining myself in new places...is pretty much all-consuming.
If I was a computer, I reckon all my RAM and the capacity of my processor have been taken up with all of this general 'newness'. Functioning well...but with very little spare along the way.
And now I'm 10 weeks here. 10 weeks. Two and a half months. 70 days.
10 weeks here and now with a job.
It all happened really fast and came out of nowhere, catching me by surprise, triggering a few days of intense thought and prayer as I faced an application deadline in decision making.
Having fallen in love with the school as I walked through the gates for the first time, somewhat bemused by the deep sense of home-coming that stirred in my soul, I applied for the job in Te Puru School, was called for interview, invited to join the team and, the following day, worked my first days here in NZ doing some relief teaching for them. 'Rabbit in headlights' pretty much sums up my first day. Realising my eyes were opening wider and wider as the day progressed and my mind saturated with a whole new plethora of newnesses!
Now, a couple of weeks in and with some more teaching days under my belt, I love this school more and more! Sounds gushy and all...but tis true. The kids are great, the staff are so friendly and welcoming and the team feeling within the school is tangible and inviting. I can't quite believe that this is now my school too.
I start at the end of January 2012 - in the meantime am popping in to help out a bit.
I grabbed some photos last week. Gorgeous, huh?
Right on the beach on the shores of the Coromandel...overlooking the sea...where an occasional pod of orcas swims by...
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| Te Puru School Office and Staff Room |
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| My new classroom! That's the beach just over the low fence... |
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| The fab pirate's ship - popular with the kids |
So, job - check!
Accommodation looking hopeful too. Will keep you posted. In the meantime, I'll continue here with my parents - good to reconnect after 11 years of living on opposite sides of the world.
Looking back and looking forward...10 weeks behind me and the next 10 weeks in front of me.
The journey continues...
