I recently gave a workshop at the university to help students with their revision techniques . . remember the days of exams straight after xmas ( Read more... )

Today I finally used the voucher my sister gave me for my birthday 8 months ago. At the time she thought I was Overworked and Stressed and needed a nice Luxury Spa Day ( Read more... )

Gack. Because your replies reminded me - and not because I'm falling back into my bad old ways - and I wasn't planning an xmas Harry fic on the tube this morning, oh no - but ( Read more... )

Many interesting things are going on in my life at the moment, but instead I want to talk about the 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' trailer which went online today ( Read more... )

Is it wrong that most smells I smell are filed under 'food'? For example, there's certain places in the rododendron garden in Kew that smell of candyfloss and take me back to a fair I visited as a small child, can't remember where ( Read more... )

3 weeks of unemployment ended last week as I became a 'guest lecturer' at City Uni (nee Northampton Insitute). I'm teaching business english 10-5. 5! It's a crazy time to finish work - I keep wondering why it's still light while I travel home. Though actually I've managed to stay till 6.30 a few times as I have to learn scary stuff like ( Read more... )

Thank you to the interview good luck wishers, however I'll roll over your kind thoughts to tomorrow as this morning I woke up with my right eye swollen almost shut and had to postpone everything. It happens from time to time, though usually because of animal hair. Can't think why it happened this time as I'm at my parents' place and they're so ( Read more... )

The Last Week of School24th July, Monday of the last week of the school. The cover teacher to replace all the teachers who had left was sick and there was another power cut, so the photocopier wouldn't work ( Read more... )

Today we had a power cut and I did not cry in the toilets. Well done me ( Read more... )

The afternoon sun is like hot golden syrup -

Just one more class till the weekend - the school's like a guitar with its strings all loose - staff and students fighting the 'why bother' every step of the way to next Friday's forever closure - Meanwhile must go teach -