Hawaiian disco, pubs and boys vs. girls night

I’m getting very settled in over here and I’m starting to think that I will hate leaving. For one I’ve had very good feedback from my superiors and I get along with the students, so my work is not that difficult. After lessons us, teachers, usually stay on for another shift and help out with the afternoon activities and this week that included the Hawaiian disco, where students and staff had to dress up Hawaiian style, and yesterday we had boys vs. girls disco, which included cross-dressing, so boys dressed up as girls and girls as boys and I must say some made a real effort and it took me a long time to remove the nail varnish from boys’ fingers.


On Monday night I went to a local pub with a co-teacher and our boss and we ended up having a fantastic time. The pub was in the old part of Headington and the area really gave us the feeling of being in the Cotswolds. It was really pretty and the pub even had a gorgeous beer garden, so we stayed for quite a bit, talked about work and other things. I love the fact that the team of teachers gets on like a house on fire (with some exceptions to the rule, of course). Yesterday I spent quite some time with the boss transferring things between our computers, so I’m now well-equipped with additional materials and books and so is he and today I’ve had co-teachers coming to my room for a chat all the time, so we’ve really become a small family.

Tomorrow I’ve quite an easy day as the kids are off to London in the afternoon, so I might end up at the gym again (congratulations to myself for dragging my bottom back to the gym!!!).

Off to bed now. Good night!

Day off and a bundle of wet clothes

This is going to be a rather short blog entry since I'm not in the writing mood. I'm in the middle of preparing a project for tomorrow's class and it's all about Cadbury's as they're going on a trip to Birmingham on Tuesday.

As I did my laundry yesterday and since it hasn't really dried till this afternoon, I decided I'll put everything in the dryer anyway. And after having done it three times today I must admit I neither see nor feel any difference in the dryness of my clothes. After the first hour in the stupid machine they were still really moist, so I put them in again. I came back an hour later and... no difference. I thought that third time lucky might apply in this situation... well, it doesn't as my tracksuit bottoms and T-shirts are still wet. I really do NOT understand it! After all it is a very simple machine to operate.

Apart from the dryer wars all's fine. I actually dragged myself to the gym (as we have free gym access) and worked out for an hour. I almost died on the treadmill (where are the days when I was able to run for 60mins without stopping?!) and I shouldn't even mention my non-existing willpower when it comes to weight training. I used to be able to do a few repetitions, but now I just think "Ouch, that hurts." and stop. Ah well, at least I did something! And it's a start. And you should never overdo it at the gym! And ... I hope I get back in shape in time.

Back to my chocolate lesson plan now :-)