Spent the day at mmmusings's house; she and I and her hubby and their friend Amy sat and watched a good chunk of s3 and part of s4. In fact, they're still watching, afaik; I came on home because the headache I've now had for two days was starting to really hurt, watching a huge HD TV in the dark. So I'm going to take some Aleve and go to bed soon, I think. ( Read more... )

A Tourist's Guide to British Pubs. There's a link from the teacher agency's site. Fascinating stuff, actually. :D

Had to ask for an extension for my OT3 fic, damn it. I thought I could get it finished, but the surprise trip to the ballet (which was superb) last night put a crimp in THAT plan. As does the February Family Get-Together, aka the Superbowl, this weekend ( Read more... )

I'm applying for one of the American/International schools in London, which has openings in their middle school for English/Journalism and Math.

...eep.

BUT! Maybe I can come visit them while I'm in London in March! *squee*

So the London Eye is this big Ferris wheel, right? Moves one mile an hour; takes half an hour to go around once. GORGEOUS views. But unlike a Ferris wheel, it's got a big room-sort of pod thing that you walk around in; it's clear Plexiglass all the way around, and it's easy to get a 360-degree view of the city.

So I've dubbed them....

( The Pun )

OMFG I AM GOING TO LONDON FOR SPRING BREAK OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!

*breathes*

For--get this--$405 ROUND TRIP. (Before taxes and all. But STILL!

EEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDDD!!!

ETA: I mistyped; it's $450. With taxes, about $580. But still! ROUND TRIP! *dies*

FOUR DAYS OFF! I now have FOUR DAYS OFF! And then only three weeks until Winter Break. WOOHOO ( Read more... )

* First quarter is over at school. I'm 1/4 of the way through the school year, and somehow 1. it's going well, 2. I've managed to get up early enough to put on makeup and get to work early EVERY DAY, and 3. I've had some excellent feedback re: my teaching ( Read more... )

I like wildcelticrose's idea of squeeing on "Drama Free Thursday," so I have some squees to share ( Read more... )

MY DoDDS APPLICATION IS COMPLETE! They've received my references and all ( Read more... )