Gainfully Employed

Modern jerry-rigging; my simple phone isn't set up for email, hence a picture of a picture.

From the look of the picture I claim to have become a chef, but no, this is simply the first lunch of which I partook at my new place of employment. And believe it or not, this is a school lunch. It's a far cry from the mass-produced, reconstituted, reheated fare on rectangular-shaped plates I was served as a child. This was delicious. And my children enjoyed it too.

I started work teaching English classes at my daughters' school--my first work out of home in nearly 8 years--and it's an ideal arrangement. I only teach a few hours a week, so I'm away from the baby mostly during nap time. It's just enough of an outing to curb the isolation, and I'm meeting lots of new people in an environment where I can communicate. Did I mention it's a French school? So it's helping to polish up my French.

And the children are adorable. Most of them already speak French and Georgian, but I meet other parents every day who easily speak four or five languages. Definitely encourages me to aspire to a couple additional languages myself. This position creates a triad of support I've been able to draw from here: The American community, my Church congregation, and now the parents, teachers, and friends at the School.