It's a stop for refuel.
It's a stop for reflection.
Then again, it's a stop for the maybe non-stop albeit bumpy ride which may come later.
I turn off the music which has been blaring non-stop through the loudspeakers. Britney Spears shuts up. I feel a sense of relief momentarily. I finger my straw gingerly and sip the lemon tea through the can. The cool liquid swirls around my mouth. I swallow and take a deep breath.
This year has been punctuated by some busy times. But we all survive through it somehow. I remember during my teaching training period where there were so many observations to prepare for.. I worked sometimes up to 12-14 hours a day. Then, I went out with a colleague and we were lamenting when it was going to end.
Here I am on the brink of a teaching career. The hols has been a recuperative period although I still want more of it! (Don't we all??!)
Still have fluffy plans about working overseas one day, picking up Italian cooking and setting up my music cafe.. Fanciful plans..
But till then, I gotta be positive, be strong, be forward-looking. As Alanis Morisette sang in her song, " You live, you learn, you hurt, you learn, you scream, you learn". Let the learning begin.. I gotta toughen my heart up.
