Well, i have approximately NO TIME to update... but apparently people actually read this blog, so i will do a quick one just for you (that's right... you!). SO here goes:
Australia day was amazing, i got to spend time with some friends that i hope to the bottom of my heart will stay in touch while i'm up here (although at this point, Australia day was the last i saw of any of them!) We had a fantastic BBQ and a relaxing evening before the first day of school for Michelle and I. And yes, there was a little tree climbing. Speaking of trees, I was so excited to have an apple tree in my yard, and very excited to see that as i watered it every day the apples were getting bigger and bigger... however.... my yard is now covered with rotten, half eaten, ENORMOUS apples. Each day i pick them up and each day there are more thrown down by the horrible branches. Since i have no time to do anything (including this blog - which is why i'm simultaneously downloading lesson plans, boiling corn, grilling eggplant, and organising my clothes for tomorrow) i also haven't had time to make any apple pies. SO the glorious fruits of the garden are largely forbidden from my daily schedule and as such are "grounded" (for lack of a better word).
My neighbour (May) kindly surprised me with some chutney and apple sauce before i started school (i'm not sure if i wrote about that in my last blog?!) and OH. MY. GAWD. These sauces, i tell you what... no words. i have no words to describe the deliciocity that overcame me with each bite. ridiculously amazing. And if she's willing to take some apples off my hands in trade for sauce like that, i would honestly be a fool to say anything other than HELL YEAH! Truly sensational. I must ask her for the recipe! Jayd and i made a quiche last time she came up and paired with that sauce... well i can only compare it to a slice of heaven. In fact if that's what heaven tastes like... i might consider actually believing in it sometime in the not too near future. (lol) On a completely un-related note, Ponyo is doing just fine - still getting up to mischief - and has apparently figured out several different ways to scale the fence. He is, however, still a total mummy's boy, so he always comes running when i call. I have actually resorted to locking him in the laundry at night to sleep, because although he may be small he somehow managed to take up the entire bed at night. Don't ask me how that works. And - of course - instead of sleeping in the over-priced bed i bought him, he sleeps in the metal cage i purchased from cheap-as-chips the day i brought him home from the vet. *rolls eyes*
My small but sufficient (and expensive) herb garden is coming along nicely! This photo was taken right after i set it up, but it has grown quite considerably since then so next blog i promise to upload some photos so you can see the difference. The chives (in the green pot) are growing, and just tonight i pulled a few spriggs of thyme off to infuse in my oil (another endeavor i don't ACTUALLY have time for). Honestly, i don't understand what made me think that i could write blog updates when all i have on my mind at the moment is "what am i doing tomorrow... who forgot their hat today... who hasn't finished their maths... what sight words did i give her... why hasn't he brought his lunch today... where is the math program i wrote last week.... how much time will that art lesson take... where am i up to with my literacy asssessment'. if i EVER hear ANYONE tell me that teachers get good holidays... i'm going to smack them around the head. Holidays??! Don't you mean planning days? Don't you mean teaching a development sessions? Don't you mean small yet considerable mental breakdown?!?!?!? (And yes... it's only week four of term one).
No, honestly, as much as the planning and organisation is getting the better of me.... and as much as i hate that i get up at 6am, work until 5pm, get home at 5:45, eat, plan until 10:30 and then collapse on my bed ready to do it all again the next day.... i am enjoying it. I enjoy the feeling i get when someone says "Ooooh i get it"... i enjoy the little spark in their eyes when i touch on something they're interested in... i LOVE the sound of "Miss Bonnie, can we stay in at recess to finish our spelling?" MY GOSH! (Though, i've only heard that once... it was something i wont ever forget). Teaching is harder than i ever imagined.... and uni didn't prepare me like i thought it was supposed to... but it IS rewarding. You take what you get from the little happiness that dances around you. There's good days, bad days, and completely exhausting days where you can't even remember what you did before lunch.... but those days all count towards lots of little life times. As you can see - my classroom is still quite bare, but the kids work is going up slowly and i convinced Barb to let me stick things onto the freshly painted walls (Mum, don't tell Dave). I can hear Ponyo whinging to come inside, so i best be off. I'm also rather hungry....I wouldn't call this a blog - more of a "blurt"... but you get the idea.
Hope you're all loving life ^.^
xo
