AWAY AGAIN











dear lovers,

i know it's been a little while since you've heard my sweet voice (lol) but i'm here in an officialy capacity to tell you all now that i will be keeping up with my posts from this moment on. I'm not going to sit here and make excuses for not blogging; you can all imagine what they may be (busy, no time, half-crazy...etc, etc)

so i've been living back in halifax for almost 6 months now...and it's been a little rough; mainly due to the fact that i have no guaranteed income, and the fact that my little jet and i have been living in my parents basement, which is quickly starting to resemble the inside of a freezer...

but alas i have come this far, i know we can make it another month...

which is why i'm mainly writing tonight...i wanted to shed some light on what i've been thinking of doing after i (officially) graduate. i know i've spoken to most of you about moving away to teach somewhere else once my practicum was over. and well, i've finally made up my mind as to what i'm going to do, and more specifically where i'm going to go...

my dear friend (and fellow teacher) carolyn and i have been slowly working our way through the checklist of necessary things to accomplish before we pick up and move to the U.K.

yes, you read correctly...this little canadian twink will soon be partyin' with the brits!!!

the school system in the United Kingdom works much differently than it does in canada...basically you don't get hired by the school board in england, but by recruitment agency's. the schools hire these agency's to find them teachers, and it's the agency's job to basically find people like me work! i've recently signed up with one by the name of Timeplan, who operate mainly around the London area, and have been in constant contact with their canadian rep to make sure i'm dotting all my I's and crossing my T's. It's a slow process, but as soon as i get my working visa...it's carved in stone!

i at first had my eye on new zealand, and while i haven't given up on the kiwi's, the UK is more of a feasible option right now. mainly because it's easier for beginner teachers to find employment over there than in new zealand.

i've come to the conclusion that there is officially nothing left for me in halifax...and that i've done /dated/worked/lived/enjoyed/cried/studied/met/fucked/drank (etc) my way from one side of it to the other...and it's time to continue moving forward.

one of the reasons i decided that this career was for me, was the option it permitted to travel...and its my turn to get out...

i don't have the ties that my other loved ones have...besides my jet, who is obviously coming with me...(i've promised him a little british brother, so that's what he's gonna get!! ) so now's the time to take that leap! i've been pushing things away for the past few months, so that i wouldn't get attached to anything in halifax...and it's somewhat the reason why i haven't been in touch with some of you for the last little while...i guess i just assumed it would be easier this way.

so i'm getting a little nervous, but all in all i've never been more excited and ready for anything in my whole life...i'm sure when some of you read this you'll be a little shocked, since i haven't had the option to tell you what i've been thinking yet...but realize that i don't have my plane ticket in my hand yet or anything...but it's what i've decided to do...all that's left is lose ends...