I sent an email yesterday, declining the two teaching jobs in Ethiopia. It is too late in the season to expect that I can pack up our world here and integrate there with a child. Plus, interestingly, that little boy who sings so beautifully in the shower can apparently sing equally beautifully in front of both mildly drunk business people and lake-faring crowds! Congrats to Guled and his band "Wicked Chicken", winners of the 2010 Keptone Battle of the Bands! I loved that they won. Guled is unusually charismatic with a crowd, and his band mates are really talented. Perhaps they will do it again next year!
But when an 11 year old winner of the 2010 Battle of the Bands asks to "stay one more year" so that he can enjoy the win..... well, self-reflection sort of requires me to decide why I am leaving in the first place and what amendments to "The Grand Plan" I can muster because his request is certainly reasonable.
So we will stay and I hit the "send" button on my declining email. Now, to figure out how to make a sufficient living here and whether or not to virtual school a second year. Last year, there were 4 virtual school options in the State of Colorado. This year, every single district around me has at least one option. Wildfire in the education world!
But really, I could pack up and leave on an adventure with probably 48 hours notice. That was never the problem.
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