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Our third entry in the series.

Tonight's word?

Worm.

I really have no idea where they're getting these from.


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After the Flamingo Flourish of last week, this week's new word from the girls is "porcupine."

Discuss.


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Man oh man oh man oh man.

Awake at stupid o'clock this morning. But at least I am not yet plagued with my Monday headache, cross your fingers for me.

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I start every class, after entrance drill, by splitting the kids into teams, then asking them one by one what they want. "What do you want?" and "I want a _____." is one of the first things I teach them in any class -- otherwise how can they ask to use the toilet or get a pencil? I ask them this question so that they can have a team name ( Read more... )

Better today.

But I still need those massages.

Should take pictures of myself:

This is how I look after my long weekend.

This is how I look after my long weekend and my now-ex-boyfriend moving his first load of stuff out the house.

Hmm.

I keep looking at myself in the one crappy mirror we have in this house. Do I look different?

Do I feel

ZOMG.

What phase is the moon in? For serious, y'all! My kids were insane today, all but howling, the little monkeys. I even had to set one class writing lines. Wild howler monkeys, all of them. Every class ( Read more... )

Saturday Morning 6.30am

"Is that a dirty kitten or a really really big rat?" I ask pointing a few metres down the lane at a creature lapping up water from a puddle.

Trash moves toward it, and it startles and hurriedly slopes off toward Hello Kitty's house.

"Rat."

"Holy crap."

"Yeah."

And we left for school.

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