It was a good lunch date. One that was overdue but needed, extremely. Yes, today's lunch was much needed by both my date and I. We just needed each others company. The feeling of familiarity and understanding.
The last I ate with her, was my last day as an administrator. Then, we somehow managed to have our lunch together. Then, it was like a lunch to note that the impending change would be inevitable. I'm moving office, while she's staying, with new colleague.
Today, lunch had been more like a pouring-out session. Me, the new bewildered teacher, while she, the new target of barrages of gossips and criticism. She doesn't like her situation now. She 's not complaining, but merely just needed an avenue to spill out what was going in her mind. Keeping it bottled up inside would not have been a good idea. Yours truly tried her best to be a good listener. Tried but failed, as I had been in the same situation as she had, except that I had it worse, earlier.
For me, I just needed to have a something from the previous, something familiar, to stabilize me. Right now, I have the feeling that I've made a wrong choice if I were to see it from the school's nonchalant treatment towards my new status. Yet, it's a step moving closer towards achieving my goal of having practical teaching experience so I cannot give up. I must give it time, just like everything. Challenge is inevitable in life.
So lunch was really a grateful time, at least for me. Something familiar. We had tried our best, in the past, to have lunch together. Today, again, we succeeded. I really appreciate that short but much needed lunch date. Thank you, gal. You know who you are.
The last I ate with her, was my last day as an administrator. Then, we somehow managed to have our lunch together. Then, it was like a lunch to note that the impending change would be inevitable. I'm moving office, while she's staying, with new colleague.
Today, lunch had been more like a pouring-out session. Me, the new bewildered teacher, while she, the new target of barrages of gossips and criticism. She doesn't like her situation now. She 's not complaining, but merely just needed an avenue to spill out what was going in her mind. Keeping it bottled up inside would not have been a good idea. Yours truly tried her best to be a good listener. Tried but failed, as I had been in the same situation as she had, except that I had it worse, earlier.
For me, I just needed to have a something from the previous, something familiar, to stabilize me. Right now, I have the feeling that I've made a wrong choice if I were to see it from the school's nonchalant treatment towards my new status. Yet, it's a step moving closer towards achieving my goal of having practical teaching experience so I cannot give up. I must give it time, just like everything. Challenge is inevitable in life.
So lunch was really a grateful time, at least for me. Something familiar. We had tried our best, in the past, to have lunch together. Today, again, we succeeded. I really appreciate that short but much needed lunch date. Thank you, gal. You know who you are.
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