So far this week has been quite exhausting. I cannot wait for the weekend, when I can get some sleep. Not that I haven't been sleeping quite a bit--it just seems I can never get enough.

My sinuses seem to be the biggest problem--they've been getting quite stuffy and sore this last little while (not allergies though--I've been tested), and they' ( Read more... )

I've made a pleasant addition to my rooms of late ( Read more... )

That is it. This is the second time I have had a specific complaint about students reading Muggle books in other classes. Not Tolkien this time--Micheal Crichton's Timeline instead. I was thinking the Tolkien works were going to have to be charmed but now it looks like all the Muggle lit will have to be done as well. I do not have the time, ( Read more... )

Locked - Teachers-Only ( Read more... )

There's been a great deal of odd things going on lately; so much so that it's almost becoming normal ( Read more... )

Short entry, as I am completely exhausted ( Read more... )

Though I admit I did let out a chuckle or two at seeing a replica of Barad-Dur, complete with Eye of Sauron atop the Divination Tower, it became decidedly unamusing when a few thoughts hit me soon after. Namely the tizzy that some of the other teachers were in, the connotations of Sauron's title with the current state of affairs, and, might I add ( Read more... )

Unfortunately I had to decline McGonagall's invitation to the Three Boormsticks at the last minute, though perhaps that was a good thing after all, considering the bingeing that went on afterward.

Instead, I had to spend the afternoon dealing with one of the fourth-year Hufflepuffs. Nigel Keyes was caught reading The Lord of the Rings (his chosen ( Read more... )

Well, that was a fairly good day. Thanks to my computer I was able to find a few intersting-sounding shops to look into in Edinburgh on my hunt for a gift for Mum. One of the places I had on my list was a small gardening specialty store, and had a number of things I thought Mum would like--I've bookmarked it on my browser so I can go back for ( Read more... )

Well, this has been an interesting day--and I use the word "interesting" with all of its various connotations ( Read more... )