Trials and Tribulations of Traveling back to Turkey
Today I am whining and shedding a few tears. I've been through an ordeal. I must go back to January 30th to explain. On this day, I was fortunate to get my first Covid-vaccine - Pfizer. When I returned home to Kentucky for Winter Break, Enka School Istanbul offered an extension to teacher stays if we had the opportunity for a vaccination in order to get the 2nd dose. Since I qualified as a teacher, Jim secured an appointment for my first vaccine on January 30. I went to the University of Kentucky vaccination center with teaching contract in hand and got my first dose. Hurray! I changed my return flight to Istanbul to February 19 and secured my second vaccine to take place on February 17. I prepared to teach Turkish students online from Kentucky for a week. This is not small feat, because I am not a "night person." To teach students in Istanbul from Kentucky my teaching day begins at 12:00 midnight! But, for a vaccine, I could weather this nighttime storm. Febr