Almost 6 months
So I’ve almost been here in Napoli for about 6 months now. Quite an accomplishment really. It hasn’t been easy and all nor has it been a bed of roses. But for the most part I am doing fine here. The holidays sucked here really. I was bored outta my mind as my school didn’t re-open till Jan 11th and I returned here just before New Years. The last paycheck was not the full amount due to the school not being open the whole month of Jan. But I get an extra euro an hour raise so that helped and will help for the next check.
I still work an average of 10-20 hours a week which is a nice relaxing pace. I try not to compare my job to other teaching positions in America as it can be somewhat depressing. What keeps me sane, is that I consider being here an accomplishment which looks good, in my opinion on a CV and to other prospective jobs. That and I like being so far from home in a place that is never really dull in my opinion. But I want to expand other options here in the future. I’ve already decided to come back here for another year in September; I’ve worked too hard to just come here for a year stint. That and I really have no desire to go back to America.
One option that I want to pursue is working for the US military. Like, I wouldn’t be enlisted, rather a civilian working for them. Or if I can, I’d like to pursue the idea of being an English teacher in the public school systems. I am told this is extremely difficult, but what the hell, I’ve made it this far. We’ll see.
Linda and I broke up last month. We just had too many differences, most of them personal I think and some cultural. But it is for the best really. She is a difficult girl to deal with at times and we just see life differently I guess. We just had a lot of misunderstandings to the point where it got on both of our nerves.
Logically, this isn’t the best time for her to be in a relationship as she wants to get out of Italy and work abroad. Kinda like what I wanted to do before I came here. But I don’t miss the arguments, that’s for sure. We had a lot of good times however. We had a lot of laughs and happy simple times. She is a generous person, is very self-less and like I told her once, she is good wife material. I won’t see her for a while as she is going to Belgium for 3 parts to do that Erasmus thing.
