Life Guard Training Day 1:
Jump in freezing cold lake just after breakfast. Scream. Feel chest tighten. Panic. Develop inconsistent breathing patterns. Swim 40 laps. Suffer from sport-induced asthma attack. Receive sympathy for being "the warm-blooded aussie". Repeat twice more during day but break for sporadic thunder storm at 2pm.

Okay, so that big adventure we had planned for today up Mt Moosilauke didn't quite happen. For starters, my alarm didn't go off. I was woken when Bailey shoved his cold, wet nose into my neck. Lovely way to wake up really. Ooh funniest thing happened the other day. Mindy threw a stick into the lake for bailey to fetch. But he swam out and couldn't ( Read more... )

Okay, so today I did a 4 mile hike (7.25km) up Welch-Dickie Mountain. The thing about Welch-Dickie is that is has 2 peaks, both of which are very steep, pure granite. As it was also raining today, it meant scrambling up this rock face, sliding down a few meters, and trying it all again. I am soooo tired. We took Bailey too, and he was pretty good ( Read more... )

June 6th ( Read more... )

All uni assignments are submitted.
All prac lesson plans are written.
I have almost packed.
The exam on saturday is going to be easy.
Everything is sorted...

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...Except for a certain conversation with a certain person that i can't bring myself to begin.

I feel like I am sitting at the top of a very long and steep slippery slide. No matter how long I procrastinate, there is a point at which someone will push me from behind, regardless of my eagerness to fall or how much I still have left to do. Many of you have been in this siutation before... any advice?

My Yr 7's are obsessed with the song Lollipop by Mika. So now, thanks to 55 children and an hour filled with psycho table-tennis, houses built from cards and a CD player set to max volume, I have the damn song stuck in my head. Any suggestions on how to rid myself of such demons?

finally figured out how myspace works.
http://www.myspace.com/laydeebeetle

Just discovered that my favourite author (Jodi Picoult) lives in the small American town of Hanover (New Hampshire), where I will be spending my days off from camp. I love the place and I'm not even there yet :D

I got accepted into a camp!!! woot!!!

Lochearn Camp for girls: www.lochearncamp.com

I'm going to be on the Outdoor Adventure Team, which means I hike for 5-6 days a week and teach canoeing when I'm not hiking. I am going to be buggered, but yay for (hopefully) losing weight. I am so excited!!!! I leave June 3rd!!!

YAY!!!