I have been talking to one of my best friends, Tyler, more often lately. It makes me happy, because I miss him. He had this to say in a recent email:
“Then we (miranda eho me) came to the conclusion that you seem happier then we’ve ever known you and that is good.”
Then it hit me: He’s right. I am happier than all of my best friends have ever known me, and they can’t even see me. If they can tell when I’m over 5,000 miles away, it must be true.
It is good. Thanks for noticing!
Today, my boss told me that he thought the speaking activities were great in the book I just wrote. I was nervous about them, because I thought they might be too difficult for the students, but he said they’re “just what we’re looking for.” I even got to make a lesson about allusion and foreshadowing! He went on to heap some more praise on my work, and it really made a nice end to my week. I started to think that they’d start to think they should never have hired me or something, and send me back to America.
Anyway, I feel better. I also got to see all of my debate books in print, as well as all of the books I’ve been editing since I arrived in Korea. It felt pretty awesome to see all of that work lined up in the school’s auditorium, with my name on most of it. Ah, and I shouldn’t forget one last thing: I passed Maria in the hall (she trained me, because I took over for her when she left for two months) and she said, “Hey, Tony, I saw your books and they looked great! Good job!” I said, “Which ones?” She said, “All of them.”
Time to go drink about a million beers.
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