Managed to make it through yesterday without tears until arriving home and opening up my Poesiebuch (a small blank book for friends or in this case my students to write in for me). After reading maybe 3 of the students' notes I started bawling. The fact that I'd had a migraine since the night before hadn't helped.

Off to Frankfurt today to pick up Mom, Grampy and Susie from the airport. Yeeesh, only 3 days left in Lüneburg and 2 weeks left in Germany. The last week has mostly been spent packing and dealing with evil allergies ( Read more... )

Like any good Canadian I do have at least some interest in hockey. Usually I'm glued to the T.V. for the Olympics and Worlds, but this year I couldn't watch it due to lack of TV or decent live streaming. Anyways, reaction: Aaaaaaaaaw Finland! Disappointed in Canada's showing, but am happy that Finland won rather than the U.S.A. or Russia. They're ( Read more... )

My little 6th grade English theater class have their performances tomorrow! We spent all of this morning rehearsing. It went really well except for when I got a case of the giggles and ruined the scene during our 3rd runthrough :P Nice job Ms. teacher-lady, real mature. I am looking forward to it being over and done with. I'm sad I have to be ( Read more... )

My grade 7s had to give presentation about Canada today; their last assignment before moving on to the last unit. Some of them were very good, others not so good, but they were all fairly entertaining if only for the interesting mispronounciations. Napanee, Ontario (Avril Lavigne's hometown) was consistenly referred to as 'Nippon.' Wrong country ( Read more... )

One month before my contract is over. One month and 14 days until it's time to head back to Canada to see how the Conservative majority and NDP opposition will turn out. It's like I stepped into the twilight zone or something. NDP opposition is not something I ever expected ( Read more... )

Ah life in Europe; strikes, strikes, strikes and more strikes. I swear this is their hobby. The engine drivers' union is on strike again. Luckily it has only shut down the regional train companies and not Deutsche Bahn, but it is still a nuisance ( Read more... )

My weekends end up soundling like jokes. "A Canadian, Romanian, Croat and a Brazilian walk into a German Irish Pub ... " But I don't know what the punchline is.

Why do all conversations somehow end up on the topic of sex?

Also: I want to have Joseph Gordon Levitt's babies. Boy sure looks good in a suit.

Welp, guess I'll be missing the voting this year. Not that it matters much in my home riding in the Bible belt where the Conservatives always win by several thousand votes. Still, I'm hoping that this election will change things despite my pessimism. Us Canadians are amazingly apathetic when it comes to politics. Harper is a rat; undemocratic, self ( Read more... )