I am feeling a little more positive lately. I no longer dread going to school. Can't say I look foward to it (and may not), but I don't dread it anymore ( Read more... )

I feel like I am slowly bringing things into gear with most of my classes now. That could have something to do with the copious prizes I offer every lesson (not something I'd generally tolerate if it were my class from the start of the year, but it's working). I am going to try and wean them off it a little over the coming weeks, mostly so I don't ( Read more... )

Some of you may have caught me earlier this week hitting the depths of misery. I am still feeling very homesick, but am getting by. I am no longer quite at the point where I miss things like NZ Post and Auckland buses (that's when you know it's really bad), but I'm still yearning for the familiar ( Read more... )

( WARNING: Long and meandering )

I was ten minutes late for my meeting with the bank, which I felt a little bad about, considering I bullied them into giving me one then. But only a little, because it took me bullying them to get them to give me an appointment. And then I felt even less guilty because the bank was a little snippy with me ( Read more... )