Changes

Maybe it is fall, maybe it is cooler weather even here, maybe I am cursed with an eternally restless soul, but changes are coming.

School is great. I love my bosses, I love my students, I love the reduced healthcare costs and the new raise. I love the fact that Jordan’s back appears to have healed. My life is good, so why mess it up?

My dad once said that even if you are happy where you are you should always be looking for other opportunities. Remembering the adage – the older you get the smarter your parents get – I am taking that advice to heart.

Hmmm - it is a big planet. Perhaps I should consider Turkey, perhaps another Middle Eastern country. Perhaps I should stay here where I know I am happy, or perhaps South America beckons. I can learn Spanish.

Interesting thing, Spanish. I was criticised in Florida because I did not know Spanish. Jordan was denied jobs because he does not speak it. This is America, I said. They should know English.
South America is a different subject – their turf, their rules, okay, language.

I could live in yet another hemisphere. I could easily get to Antarctica. I could be in the same time zone as my family and friends. I could experience July winters and December summers. I could learn different stars and perhaps see different planets. I could retire in an affordable location.

Things to think about this fall day, where even here we feel the winds of change.
I do know one thing. I would miss this place. Kuwait is good to me.

For now, I plan the first vacation, real vacation, I have had in a very, very long time. Sri Lanka, anyone?