Friday marked the last day of my 21st school year, and my 8th year at the American Collegiate Institute. While my colleagues and fellow educator friends are off for two months of summer holiday spent traveling and relaxing in the sea and sun (featured photo above was from my last beach day a couple weeks ago), these last few weekends were all that I will enjoy of those elements of summer as I will have…
As I have done for a few years, I traveled for fall break and was able to celebrate my birthday in a new city and country. It may have been the last time I can do this for a few years as the calendar is shifting and my birthday may no longer fall within the fall break holiday. BUT, this past November it did. Before I get into the trip, I want to share that…
If you look back at my high school yearbook (1992) you would read that I planned to pursue International Affairs and Foreign Language. In reality, my higher educational pursuits did not include either of those. But interestingly, I have had “affairs” with international men (for example, I married and divorced a Mongolian man; my current boyfriend is Turkish and we’ve been together two and a half years). I am only now working on learning, however…