Now that the job has been accepted I find myself in a different sort of waiting space. It is only three months before I plan on being on a plane and off to Budapest but three months now seems like a long time to wait. I will be working most of that time, but once you get yourself into a mindset that everything is going to change, your attitude alters long before your location does.
It is Monday morning and the start of another week, already I feel strange. Only now is the reality of having found what I was looking for sinking in. I looked around my room this morning and started to think about suitcases and shoes, imagining how may pairs of jeans I can fit into my bag. I have found a new sort of waiting space, this one feels more urgent, more strange, more exciting.
April 30, 2007
April 28, 2007
Blur
In the end it all happened very quickly and I interviewed, was offered and accedpted the job within 24 hours. A couple of weeks ago there were two jobs that I could really see myself enjoying and being good at and I was happy that I got the one that I wanted in the end. I have been to Budapest once, which is once more than I had been to Warsaw before I moved there so I am already on familiar ground. I went with J one summer when we were on our train travels around Europe and we both thought that it was an amazing city.
I feel at home in Eastern Europe, I looked at some Hungarian language stuff last night and already found a few words that are very similar to Polish so I can look forward to learning a new language again. I always say this when I move somewhere new, but I really should get sorted and have some lessons this time. I love Hungarian food and am excited about reading local papers and finding out about news and politics in this place.
Above all I feel relief, the job sounds amazing and the city full of secrets to be discovered and I know that I will be very happy there. This was a job worth waiting for, and I am very happy that I didn't take the first place that offered me a job, glad that I waited for the one that I wanted.
I feel at home in Eastern Europe, I looked at some Hungarian language stuff last night and already found a few words that are very similar to Polish so I can look forward to learning a new language again. I always say this when I move somewhere new, but I really should get sorted and have some lessons this time. I love Hungarian food and am excited about reading local papers and finding out about news and politics in this place.
Above all I feel relief, the job sounds amazing and the city full of secrets to be discovered and I know that I will be very happy there. This was a job worth waiting for, and I am very happy that I didn't take the first place that offered me a job, glad that I waited for the one that I wanted.
April 27, 2007
April 26, 2007
All over bar the shouting
By this time tomorrow I will have accepted a job and be dreaming of a regular paycheck in September. The secret will be revealed On Friday evening. Have a guess then...
April 25, 2007
Sneaking off
Now that I am working back at my old school here N and I have developed the habit of sneaking off work at lunchtimes and driving off for a bit of space and a good gossip. She had lots of questions today as I really need to get my head into gear and start making some desicions about what it is that I want from life for the next few years. It has bothered me for a while that I don't own a house or flat and where-ever I choose to go next that will definately be on the agende, whether it is home or away.
Now that there are lots of offers and opportunities on the table it is hard to get my head round. After waiting for so long I am ill equipped to deal with the big choices with confidence, there is so much riding on what I say yes to. Back to my gut feeling in the end, and I know that I will never committ to something unless I feel that is the job for me. I am excited now, knowing that whatever the desicion, new things are coming my way again.
Now that there are lots of offers and opportunities on the table it is hard to get my head round. After waiting for so long I am ill equipped to deal with the big choices with confidence, there is so much riding on what I say yes to. Back to my gut feeling in the end, and I know that I will never committ to something unless I feel that is the job for me. I am excited now, knowing that whatever the desicion, new things are coming my way again.
April 24, 2007
I'm better than I think I am
Or so it would seem. I just had a twenty minute session with a Polish girl who speaks no English and I managed to communicate soley in her native language! How fabulous am I! K and N are looking at each other incredulously and laughing right now I can tell you. Mind you, there is not exactly a shortage of Polish speaking staff kicking around our eduational establishments at the moment, so I was all they could get.
Another two interviews popped up today, both this week and both something to be nervous about. I am starting to get a little teachers rush at being so busy and doing things that you feel actually make a difference. I need to breathe and will be going straight from school for a run again to get some of the nervous energy out. When I write down about all these interviews I feel quite positive, but in reality, I have been waiting for so long that I won't be able to relax until I am interviewed and hired.
Another two interviews popped up today, both this week and both something to be nervous about. I am starting to get a little teachers rush at being so busy and doing things that you feel actually make a difference. I need to breathe and will be going straight from school for a run again to get some of the nervous energy out. When I write down about all these interviews I feel quite positive, but in reality, I have been waiting for so long that I won't be able to relax until I am interviewed and hired.
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