I was going to write my post about the runner's nod... that acknowledgement you give to people you cross when going for a run... Everyone was out this morning for a run... it was quite possibly the most beautiful day in Beijing that I have ever seen in the 6 years that I lived here. The air was cool and clear and it remained clear and clean all day... It is so nice to give a nod or a wave to some complete stranger when you meet them going in the opposite direction when going for a run... there is than kinship you feel and you are saying to them "Yeah, I feel what you are feeling and it is great to be finally out for a run..."
Today was also a crazy day for me as I was fielding a lot of concerns of parents about the placement of their child for the following school year in math. It's a process and I am quite happy to meet with parents who have concerns... the fact that they are taking the time out of their day to meet with a teacher to discuss their child's future is great. Regardless of their reasons, it is just nice to know that they are in their child's corner. But it does take a lot of effort out of you.
The day ended off with our grade level end of the year farewell dinner. There are 5 of us leaving from this team. 3 of us that are core teachers, two mentoring teachers. One that has been for 17+ years and the rest of us around 6 or so years. This was a great group of people to work with. There may have been ups and downs but at the end of the day we all enjoyed working with each other. I've had my teaching partner Iain for 6 years. He's been great. Elaine (who is also leaving) she's been with Murray for 6 years and she's also one of my best friends. I'm also leaving behind another two best friends, Nats and Jackie... it was just so great to be hanging out on Nats bed and just chatting as if we were all teenagers, but yet all mature women... I am going to miss those girls... Just the amount of fun that we have, the closeness we feel. Its like we're trying to cram in as much time together as possible together just so that we can keep alive the great times that we have together that we know we'll find the time in the future but it won't be quite the same because we aren't all living in the same city/country anymore... Tonight I cried just when I was saying thank you to my colleagues just because I felt that as I looked at all of them I found friends - friends enough that if and when I see them in the future I would be quite happy to know how they are doing...
So to my fellow Grade 6 Team colleagues at ISB - thank you for a great 6 years.
Exercise today - 30:16 (521 cal) Same loop as Monday, better time. Felt great and loved the pace I was running at... Was strong for the first 10 minutes then tapered off... But the weather was so great how could you not love running in the morning - especially a morning like this in Beijing - one in a million...
Food: totally irrelevant because it was a dinner and there was lots of booze... I was so wired up at the end of the day that it took half a bottle of champagne to calm me down... then there was more wine... But it was all had with great company so totally worth it.
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