Akadeemiline aasta lõpeb

School's out!

Yesterday, I taught my final classroom hours here at the university for this academic year. In a way, it feels funny to be finished, as if there isn't closure for my teaching here yet. Perhaps it is the anticipation that I had before the school year began about working with university faculty and staff... Perhaps it is the normal outcome of a year of hard-work and learning. Perhaps it is because I feel as if I just need a moment or two to stand still so that I can properly take in what has happened, who I've met, and where I have been. There just isn't time yet to kick around the cobblestones.

Tomorrow, I am off again to yet another teachers' gathering--this time in Belgrade and a week or so of traveling to meet other ELFs (English Language Fellows) working in the region. My hope is that I will have some time to look back, think, and clear my head so that June can be a good month of planning and productivity. I write this post as a means of celebration (even if it doesn't yet feel as though it is time) and to let you know that I might be missing from my blog for a couple of weeks. I promise some great photos and a full report of my trapsings around the Balkans...