My Farewell Tour

Years ago, sitting in class, didn't you wonder why you had to learn where Mesopotamia was? Why learn about the places so far away? What was the point of knowing about some huge desert in a place it was unlikely I would ever visit. Well, now I know why. One never knows in life what sort of interesting things will come about. And my life has certainly been interesting. But, now it's time to learn about another part of the world and depart from my safe haven of New Hampshire and head out to parts unknown in a place called Abu Dhabi.
I am calling this part of my journey, before I leave, my "Farewell Tour" because haven't you ever noticed that when a cool rock band is going to change members or break up, they have a Farewell Tour that lasts about a year? Well, I began my "Farewell Tour" at the Thanksgiving dinner table last November as I sat and looked around at my family, my cousins, aunts and uncles and I asked my mother what she would think if I decided to teach overseas. My mother responded favorably and I thought, well, then, this is it. This could be my last Thanksgiving dinner with the family in New England, for a couple of years. I mentally looked around at the family as if to impress their faces and that moment on my mind. At that point, my mother was the only one who knew that I was planning such a crazy, wild journey of my heart. I applaud her for being open to such an idea. Now that I am further along in my journey, she is still so very supportive. What more can one ask from her parents?

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Packing,

Each day I am confronted by a variety of things to pack, not to pack, or put aside to think about. I have a cardboard box for all things "schoolish" so that they are not randomly spread about the house. (Ok, most people call this organizing, but since I don't do that, this is the closest I come to being organized, yes, a box on the floor)
In today's e-mail I find this helpful little tidbit of information...it includes things like duct tape...duct tape? you ask. Yes, Everyone needs some. See other suggestions here

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  1. MimiMay 14, 2011 at 5:34 PM

    Duct tape - don't leave home without it. Also wet wipes. And a sarong. With those things you could probably travel the world and solve nearly any problem that you come across.

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