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Monday, January 23, 2012

Different

We+had+some+family+come+and+visit+from+the+States+%28as+is+it%C2%B4s+known+in+these+parts%29and+we+had+a+great+time%21+Well%2C+we+had+an+okay+time.+We+would+have+had+a+great+time+if+we+all+hadn%C2%B4t+gotten....sick%21+Yes%21+One+virus+%28evil+bugger%29+caused+many+fevers%2C+aching+bodies%2C+and+lots+of+coughing+this+weekend%21%0D%0A%0D%0AI+am+still+recovering+%28from+a+fever+of+103.9%29+and+am+trying+to+lazily+relax+at+home+now+%28after+a+long+day+at+work%29.+This+house+is+quiet.+No+guests.+No+husband.+No+daughter.+Just+a+cat%2C+the+t.v.%2C+and+myself.+My+husband+and+daughter+have+gone+to+risit+his+family+%28she+is+out+of+school+all+week%29.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo%2C+here+I+am.+Sitting+in+a+quiet+house.+Thinking+that+this+what+my+life+was+before.+Before+I+got+married.+Before+I+had+a+daughter.+Before+I+moved+away.+Before+I+began+worrying+about+immigration+laws.+Before+realizing+how+much+work+%28hard+work%29+it+is+to+be+married.+Before+learning+how+self-less+one+has+to+be+to+become+a+good+mother.+Before+leaving+all+I+have+ever+know+2%2C000+miles+away.+Before+assuming+a+new+job+title+%28formerly+classroom+teacher%29.%0D%0A%0@%0AThis+is+after.+This+is+my+life.+This+is+me+learning+day+in+and+day+out+what+it+means+to+be+a+good+mother%2C+a+good+wife%2C+and+a+good+boss.+It+is+hard+work%2C+but+I+think+it%C2%B4s+worth+it.+Sometimes+we+get+so+wrapped+up+in+the+many+hats+we+wear%2C+that+we+forget+who+we+are.+We+think+we%C2%B4ve+lost+ourselves+somehow.+I+am+realizing+that+my+many+hats+%3Cspan+style%3D%22font-style%3Aitalic%3B%22%3Eare%3C%2Fspan%3E+me.+It%C2%B4s+who+I+am.+%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%C2%B4s+kind+of+surreal+at+times+to+think+that+I+live+in+a+foreign+country%2C+speak+a+foreign+language+on+a+day-to-day+basis%2C+and+not+just+that%2C+I%C2%B4m+married+to+a+foreigner+and+I%C2%B4m+raising+daughter+here%21+Weird.+That%C2%B4s+all.+Not+how+I+thought+my+life+would+go.+It%C2%B4s+different.+Different+is+good.+%0D%0A%0D%0AHow+is+your+life+different+than+10+years+ago%3F