I just arranged my ticket to go back home to New York and British Columbia in June. After being in Kuwait eight years, it seems very odd not to be returning to Kuwait in August. We only have a one-way ticket.
Lately I have been putting together a photo album on Facebook that is a culmination of all of the years I've spent here in Kuwait. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time and know that it will be hard to leave... Yet at the same time, this is the first year I've known that I have to and feel it more and more everyday. I think it is always like that when you are moving onto a new chapter in your life.
What will I miss most about Kuwait? My students of course and my friends that I work with everyday... especially in the middle school. I have always known that "middle school is where it's at"... My principal introduced me to that expression back in my first year at AIS. Some of my best memories are of my first year at AIS...the people that came in my group (Genevieve, Alex, Jo Ann, Kevin, Mona, and many others)... the bus rides around Kuwait my first week; going to IKEA, the Crown Plaza pool, Marselia Beach, and the Kuwait Towers for dinner. We were even evacuated that year as the US was invading Iraq in 2003. What a roller coaster of a year! I also look back fondly on meeting David (my husband) my second year as well as spending two years here with my sister, Missy. Finally, I will miss my friends, and know that I will always treasure my time spent here with them.
Well, I still have a few months left and plan on savoring every last moment.
