Sometimes it's good to take stock ( Read more... )

I never seem to have enough time to sleep ( Read more... )

Well, yesterday I had science with a group of overexcited under-twelves. We made predictions, smashed eggs, and talked about how the Earth is very similar to an egg, with crust, mantle and core being similar to shell, albumen and yolk. It was lots of fun. After everything else, we had a long discussion about the earthquakes over in NZ. Apparently ( Read more... )

I caught the train to Sydney again for Dance Prac. Turned out it wasn't a week for all that much in the way of music to be done, people were doing a lot of organisational work for Festival Arts and Sciences. This wasn't so bad. I need to finish my German embroidery, then get myself drunk enough to take it to Laurels Prize Tourney ( Read more... )

Today I had the first half day teaching Science in the little school up in the mountains. I only do a few days in the afternoon. Had a brilliant time setting up a plan, we're looking at space and planets. Little kid stuff ( Read more... )

Life goes on. Or so people keep telling me.
Sigh.

I have an amazingly sore throat, probably because of yesterday, and am drinking a lot of lemon and water and it's not helping. I went to bed at around 730 last night, and slept like a log until the alarm went off around eleven hours later. Hopefully that will help. I think I'll probably fall asleep at the same time tonight, despite a rather ( Read more... )

The least said about today the better. There were spitballs. I cried in the staffroom. There were all sorts of bad things. Today is OVER. Least said the better. Am very tired. Falling over tired ( Read more... )

Man I wish I could go to Melbourne this weekend. The daschund court in session would be a sight to see.... Heh. And to hear. Imagine bringing my little blue kitten to that exhibition ( Read more... )

On the weekend we bathed Kosmo, not exactly the best of experiences for us or for the cat. I gained a lot of angry scratches, mostly because he was certain I was trying to drown him... When he was dry, we let him go out and wander around the yard wearing his little red harness with the bell. He climbed an olive tree, and spent a lot of time on the ( Read more... )