Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

Christmas

Well we made it to Queensland. It was a long trip but was most enjoyable. We went up the New England highway this year and although it is much longer, it is a much more pleasant drive. Two things were very noticeable though. Firstly I have never seen so much dead wildlife on the road and two there were several more police and cameras along the way. We stayed at Glen Innes overnight at the hotel we haved stayed in in the past. It is a bit expensive but a nice place. We got a room with two double beds which was a bit of a bonus. Arrived at my brothers place about 2pm. Went shopping with my sister-in-law and neice and spent two much money but that is no surprise as money tends to burn a hole in my pocket. Anyway have a merry christmas all and a happy new year.

Good News/Bad News

OK, lets start with the good news. I have a job for next year. Yay. I am back to doing RFF (release from face to face(Hm technically it should be RFFTF)). I get to take each class for about a hour a week. Love doing this job for many reasons, a it is a bit cruisey, I get to meet all the kids and hopefully I will get my own room. Do not know what I will be teaching but at this point do not mind doing anything as long as it is not music or art.
2 bits of bad news. First is the fact that I have to go Christmas shopping with day today. I hate shopping (unless I am shopping in a computer games shop) and have no idea what to buy people and dad is happy to buy crap. I will not do this.
Second bit of bad news is that I sucked at poker last night. Joined the Australian poker league last night. It is free entry and you play for points. It was my first tornament and I made a bad mistake early and never recovered. I will not make that mistake again. Going next week to play again. Hopefully one of the three of us that played will make it past the first session.

Half Day Tuesday

I must say that Tuesday has been my favourite day of the week this year. Work finishes for me at 12:30pm. This allows me to do many things with the rest of my day such as playing golf or going to the movies. Today it is the movies. I am going to see Harry Potter (at 1:15pm so I will have to rush) which I am really looking forward to as everyone I have spoken to says it is the best of the movies so far. After that I am meeting up with the mob from school to see another movie. Who knows what that will be.
Feeling a lot better today than I was yesterday. Got to bed early last night and had a good nights sleep. Woke up at six thirty and proceeded to push the snooze button 5 times giving me an extra 45 minutes in bed (why does my snooze give me nine minutes each time? Who knows). As you may have guessed sleep is very important to me.
Other than the fact that it is a half day, Tuesday is also a good day work wise. My first hour and ten minutes is spent on release and is then followed by dancing with Kindergarten. This is really cool as we have a professional dance instructor come in and teach the kids. It is a lot of fun. Testimony to this is the fact that she actually manages to get me up and dancing too. After recess I have stage 1 class (years 1 & 2) and teach them space and measurement. They are a nice bunch of kids which makes the job easier. After 45 mins I take this class up for their dancing lesson then go home. It is a bit of a cruisey day.

13 Days to go.

I am tired. Will be glad when holidays come. Not that the begining of the hols will be relaxing. First day of the hols dad and I are driving up to Queensland to spend Christmas with the family. Really looking forward to spending time with them but will be exhausted when we get there. Not impressed that school does not finish until the 22nd. This is rediculous and gives me no time to go and do my Christmas shopping.
This weekend has not helped me on the tiredness front. Had a good night Friday watching Faulty Towers with the mob from school, but following that up with cricket the next day was not a good thing. The first ball that was hit to me went straight through my legs and we spent 32 overs chasing the ball all over the place. Our batting was of its usual high standard (Ha). Stuffed my face with a big plate of Chinese Saturday night, not good for the diet.
Sunday was spent doing nothing much. Was tired all day. Ended up going down the street and wasting money on clothes although the $5 shirts were quite a bargin. Bought the new INXS CD with the new singer JD. Have never been much of a fan but got into their music during Rockstar INXS. The CD is very good and will get quite a bit of play on the car CD player.
Woke up this morning and felt as though I could sleep all day but instead am working and feeling shattered. Sure the day will improve as I wake up.

New Blog

Greetings. This is my new blog. My previous blog has become over run with my students and so I have created a new one that they will know nothing about.