Summer vacation can be a rough few months for me, I've found. All that free time sounds awesome, but if I don't structure it well? Then I venture into the territory of Boredom and Wasted Time Guilt.
So it's always something of a relief to return to the normalcy (if you can call it that) of the school year. Orientation meetings, department meetings, and classroom preparation time all work together to reassure me that I do know what I am doing with my life, at least to some degree. Marrakesh has been no different in this regard. I am settling into an entirely new routine, to be sure, but a routine nonetheless.
So I will likely have fewer pictures like the ones below in the days to come. But I will continue to write weekly, telling you what I can about my job and more about what I am experiencing outside of work.
For now, enjoy the sights I've been seeing this past week!
It must be quite a feeling, living the dream of teaching abroad, especially in the country where your Mother was born :) So happy you have the satisfaction of such a hug accomplishment and you aren't even 30 yet!!
Your Mom, Dad and Chewy came out for a visit yesterday, beautiful, sunny, dry weather. We headed down to Shelburne Falls, made reservations for lunch at the West End Pub and then walked the Bridge of Flowers and explored the pot holes! Your Dad did a great job taking photos and asking more questions than I could answer. You must have seen his post about it by now. He actually said, out loud, that I was right when I to…
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Your "new" may be more adventurous than mine. I love hearing and seeing your "new." My "new" from yesterday was finishing saving my first set of heirloom tomato seeds!
Loving your posts! We miss you!