Chapter 4: Kamloopia
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- Chapter 4: Kamloops
- Work was so lonely. I worked with only male teachers and I had no one to connect with. It felt like the boys club everyday at school. I lost count of the number of days I spent crying in the bathroom or hiding behind my desk with my head down, wishing I would just disappear and life would go back to what it once was.
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- Chapter 4: Kamloops
- First impressions of Kamloops. Well...it's definitely small. And there's not much going on during the pandemic years, which makes the already small population seem invisible. Why did I move here again? Oh right. I don't want to be living with my mom at 30. The minute I move into my apartment I know in my heart this will be a very lonely experience....
- Chapter 4: Kamloops
- To fill my time, I did two things. Paint and collect plants. At my peak, I had over 50 plants in my studio apartment! I did not have a TV, a bed frame, or couch..but I definitely had enough plants!
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- Chapter 4: Kamloops
- I tried to meet people online and make friends for over a year, but there was no real connection with anyone. Everyone I'd hang out with just made me feel more alone and I had nothing in common with them. So I thought I would try my luck dating to have a boyfriend until I left Kamloops at the end of the teaching year.
- I miss Aisling.
- Chapter 4: Kamloops
- Life likes to play games with us all...so of course I end up meeting a really great man during my time dating. I was so frustrated because now I had to choose between him and staying in Kamloops, or parting ways and traveling overseas, wondering what ever happened to this lovely human. I decided to try it out with him, because honestly, I've never met a man who treated me this well and I knew I'd be stupid to not give it a chance. I knew if things didn't work out, I was perfectly fine jumping back on a plane and taking myself overseas again. So why not?
- But....China?
- Chapter 4: Kamloops
- Can I say that now I love Kamloops? Absolutely not. But I can say I don't hate it as much as I once did. It took some time to get used to this small town life, but through my time here, I also realized I have a lot more pain to work through on the inside that will follow me anywhere I live and keep me from truly being happy. So I can't blame Kamloops for my feelings, all I can do is keep trying to improve my perception of life and take it one day at a time.
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