On Monday I went back to the school I used to work at to ask the rector if I could work there temporarily. ...so that I in the meanwhile can search for a job. I came at exactly the right time. The staff just had a meeting and concluded that there was one position still not filled. After a short talk it was settled that I would start the next day. ...the day school started again here in Finland.
It was a happy reunion. I was most of all happy to see 'my' kids again. ...whom I have missed....
It was quite a hard transition from basically being unemployed to working full-time, from having nothing to do (which sucks! Let me make that clear!) to working long days in this rather demanding environment. I'm working with children with ADHD.
On Thursday a boy stabbed me in the finger with a pen. Children have used violence against me before, and for me that is part of the deal, you know that it can happen, and I am usually not so much affected by it. In this case it was a serious blow. Right after the incident I was shaky and overwhelmed, that stopped at some point. But now after a few days I realize that it affected me more than I thought. I guess what really put me on edge was that the boy is a carrier of a 'highly infectious virus'. I talked to a nurse and she convinced me that the risk of infection was very little.
So, it was quite an intensive week....
A well-deserved weekend in Buena Vista. We had pancakes for dinner, breakfast and lunch, we swam, and chilled in the sauna. I made another meditation bench, played guitar, slept on the terrace above the veranda, and grilled chicken legs above a fire. Maija picked berries, picked berries and picked berries. The good life.
