Getting 'Home'
Milwaukee, WI Bogotá, Colombia There must only be a few things relatively similar to international teaching: sleep-away camp, CBS's Big Brother , bootcamp and prison. I mean this in the sense that you arrive in an unfamiliar place with a group of strangers and then form quick bonds over shared (and sometimes uncommon) experiences. The degree of uncertainty with this life event is exciting and intimidating. It was a brief and whirlwind break between jobs. Moving from Quito back to the States in the end of June, followed by a full week of socializing and catching-up, then another in San Diego for work-related training, and a bit more than one additional week for further reunions and making-up for lost reading... it all culminated with a intercontinental move to Bogotá, Colombia. I knew a short transition was something I'd need to cope with regardless of where my next destination would lie, with Ecuador having a 200-day school year. It will be completely worth it in the end...