I didn't post during our trip, sometimes because we were busy, sometimes because we weren't near a computer for long enough, but mostly because I put it off when the time for it came around.  I think you know what I mean.

As such, here it is.

1) The flight to Australia
We hit turbulence about three hours out of Vancouver; nothing too major, but ( Read more... )

In my mind, I've known we were going to be flying to Australia today, but I've been preoccupied with Christmas, and tired, and it hadn't really set in yet.

This morning, it became somewhat more real, and now I'm going "Oh crap, I have to be ready to fly to Australia today!"

My stomach is generally the last to know things like this, but has the ( Read more... )

Peta just updated her LJ, complete with long timeline to fill in gaps, so I'd best do so as well.

It's not as thought nothing interesting has happened.  A great deal of interest has happened.  Unfortunately, for quite a lot of it, I was very busy, or just in no mood to update.  Those moments when I had the time to update, I looked skyward at the ( Read more... )

Friday was the final day of my practicum.  Honestly, aside from being tackle-hugged by my students and given cake and presents, it was an ordinary day.  I'm working on the last of my E-portfolio for the next few days (a project generously doubled in size by our illustrious faculty head two-thirds of the way through our program).

It's snowing.  If ( Read more... )

 My mother and Peta's sister, Krystal, have reminded me that I haven't posted this on LJ yet.  Peta and I are engaged!  This was (poorly) posted on Facebook, and emailed to friends and close family.  Extended family have yet to be properly notified, since this is my first real chance to rest in a while.

Is there a wedding date set yet?  Almost.  We ( Read more... )

… but the names have been changed to protect the little buggers.  False names are written in brackets.

When I mark math, I put sticky markers on pages that have incorrect answers, so the students will know they have corrections to do (thus, they practice getting the answer right).  Most do them, but many just completely ignore their corrections.  I ( Read more... )

The grade 7's at my school put together a haunted house yesterday, and invited the younger grades to come try it out.  Most of my grade 4's (sans a single J.W.) were game.  We took them up, and they were lead through in groups of four.  No sooner had the door closed than we started hearing blood-curdling screams and shrieks of terror, so I knew it ( Read more... )

I apologize ( Read more... )

 It was easier to post regularly on LJ when all I had was university English readings.  I had lots of time to goof off and get into wacky hijinks involving clogged toilets, perfection pieces, and amusing anecdotes.  But teaching seems to consume my life, as you can imagine.  There's also not a lot of interesting stuff to say; I don't really think ( Read more... )

Although it's only a brief bit, I'm on Loading Ready Run (or my haiku is, anyway).  I'm so proud!

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