a southern experience....

finally settled....

ok so after a huge amount of backing and forthing i have finally found my mexican way. today i met with jorge's aunt who offered me a teaching job at the private school down the street teaching grades four/five and five/six. it was a really tough decision trying to figure out if after all the stress and changing of minds that i could go and work until june, doing something that i have never done, nor thought i'd ever be good at, in another language other than my own. however, i thought about it and as easy as it would be for me to go get a job in canada and start making 10times as much money as they make in mexico, how would i be challenging myself? elenor roosevelt once said "do something every day that scares you" and that's when you'll truly know that you're living. this is the one thing that makes me feel truly vulnerable (the spanish) but as long as i keep the faith and confidence in myself i think i can do it. and i think that teaching will be a perfect conduit to learn as much spanish from the kids as they are learning english from me. i also have to train at the same time as study for my diving which has proven to be a bit of a difficult task. i know i should continue with my idc plans because if i don't do it now i will never do it, and to give up on such an international skill would not be a smart choice. i am looking forward to things coming more easily but i guess this year is the year of challenge, or as i prefer to call it, the year of kate. so i'm off to the museo de las tortugas tomorrow con la famila because it is sunday, and we're going to relax and in the back of my mind prepare for a tough two weeks of training and studying that will conclude with a three day trip to puerto escondido (a town down the coast) for my birthday next weekend.
i will touch canadian soil for two weeks in december for the holidays as well as in april. you're not rid of me for long.
lots of love,
kate

posted by kate @ 4:37 PM