My second year as a teacher in Taiwan has begun, as well as my second year of holidays. This Thanksgiving and Christmas are proving especially difficult for me. The newness of Taiwan has worn off and the excitement of being in another country doesn't have the same effect as it did the first year. How is the weather today? gloomy, cold, rainy and eewwwww. But, this had been the weather for the past few days and it had gotten me so down that not even the children's Christmas singing was able to do the trick. And finally after reading several inspirational notes from the 100 or so friends and family who's Christmas cheer hadn't been stolen by the Grinch I felt even less spirited I opted not to call my family or any friends back in the states and I got under the covers with my computer and bottle of wine and decided to watch an insane amount of Christmas comedies and drink wine. And that was my holiday.
Getting out of my FUNK!!!
Then, on December 27th the sun came out, and on December 28th the weather was sunny and cool, with tiny drops of better feeling and positivity. This is all to say that when traveling outside of the country for the holidays it is often common to feel the blues and want to withdraw for a while. It is also true that you will feel a lot better given time and better weather. So, I would like to say MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
No christmas pic will be included with this post. But stand by for the NEW YEAR:)
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