It's stopped bloody snowing, thankfully

but I am now sick, there is this wonderful vomiting bug doing the rounds at the moment and I have been lucky enough to catch it. I felt so terrible this morning that I actually called in sick to school, which is bad of me, but I don't think the kids or the teachers would have wanted me there in my present state. I have to go tomorrow no matter what since Friday is going to be such a hectic day and I probably won't even get to see my AT at all.
Other than that prac has been going ok, i haven't killed anyone yet and that's always a good start, but there have been a number of interesting incidents that have occurred. How does one deal with students who seem to enjoy drawing penis' in the condensation on the window? Or students who think its funny to talk about masturbation in front of their female teachers? I just ignored most of it and that seemed to do the trick, or I just walked away.
I was good and applied for 2 job online today, as I really can't stand my current job any more, but i can't quit till i find a new job. So hopefully, I'll get something else soon, even if it is at McDonalds or Woolworths. I applied at Whitcoulls as well, which would be my optimum position, as there are books, books and more books. And, well, we all know how I feel about books.
Next week, I'll be on holiday, so I shall be able sleep, oh how I have missed sleeping. Since I've been getting up at the same time in the morning 6 days a week, I've been waking up at that same time on the 7th day as well, which is so no fun, when you don't want to be awake at all.
Ok, I can't be bothered writing any more so I'm going back to bed for a while and hopefully I'll be able to eat some solid food in a couple of hours. Well, thats my plan anyway. Later all.

Ok, so I'm finally back online

Ever so much has happened since my last blog. So, I told you all about my new flat right? What happened was that the day after I wrote the last blog everyone decided that they were moving out and they wanted to dissolve the lease, so I therefore have since moved into yet another new flat! No, I'm not kidding, I moved on Saturday, after only 8 days in the other flat. Though I must say this place is way better, it has a coal burner with a wetback that heats the hot water, so that equals way smaller power bills and what a wonderful thing they are. My room is even bigger, and it isn't damp, another good point, the shower is nice and big, not small and cramped. The only downside is that the bathroom isn't finished but I can live with that. Oh, and there is also this fan system that draws the heat out of the lounge and into the bedrooms at night to help keep them warm too.
In an amazing coincidence my landlord's partner, whom he recently moved in with is actually an old friend of mine, we lived on the same street and went to high school and intermediate together, being home is getting way scary, almost everyone knows someone that I know, even when I meet totally new people.
So, I started my first prac on Monday, and have had an extremely busy week, at school all day and then planning and writing at night. I can tell you that teaching a bunch of 15 year old boys last period on a Friday is not a lot of fun. I attempted to do this this afternoon and I can tell you that we only got about a third of the work we were supposed to do done today! I have discovered that working after spending all day at school teaching is no fun at all, I was totally dead by 8 last night. It didn't help that annoying little person crashed his car, so therefore didn't come to work, so I had to do not only my work but his as well and I had to close all by myself.
As for finding a new job, I went to a number of places last week and have yet to be successful. It turns out that this is not the best time of year to be looking for work. I might have to give in and go for another supermarket job, but at Woolies this time, since its only a 5 minute walk from here.
Today is bloody freezing, we've had snow down to sea level so far and I should know considering I had to walk home in it. I am, however, very glad that we did not get the -8 degree frost that we were supposed to get yesterday as that would have been absolutely no fun at all.
Ok, and my last piece of news, and probably my most exciting and joyous piece yet is that I am going to be an aunt! Yes, that is correct, my brother and his partner are going to have a baby and I am going to be Auntie Kaz (something that Kat took great joy in laughing about)! Well, I'm excited, they're excited and Mum and Dad are happy that they are actually going to get to be grandparents (I think they were getting a little worried that it would never happen for a while). My aunt apparently rolled around on the floor laughing, but she can't really scite as she is due to become a grandmother any day now.
I think I've said enough for the moment and I feel the need to go and eat something really unhealthy, so I'm going to head off and do that right now, talk to you all soon.

So much to say ...

Ok, so I am now all moved to my new flat, I have a really big room and all my stuff actually fits in it. My flatmates seem pretty cool, so that is good. I am currently stealing my parents dial-up connection so that i can still check my emails and stuff coz my ever so wonderful boradband company fucked up and didn't put through my request for the transfer of my broadband to the new flat, therefore, I have to wait like a week till I will be connected again. Very not impressed by this and I told them just how not impressed I was.
So, exams are done, well, exam is done. Was relatively easy, I wrote enough to get a pass and then I left coz I just couldn't be bothered doing any more.
In other interesting news, I went to the Macardo (no idea if that is spelled correctly) last night with Mark, he got freebie tickets and Sera couldn't make due to the fact she went to a cocktail party, so I was the lucky one who got to attend and get dressed up. It was a damned good night too, we saw Claire (someone we went to high school with) play a grumpy, old, jilted lover, and she did it so well, it was damned funny. I guess it helped that we drank a bottle of Soju before we left, plus we had got dinner from Hell, and it was yummy.
Sarah, I got the last of your present today, so I suggest you get your butt down here sometime soon to collect it and visit me!
Anyway, I think thats enough for the moment coz i really don't want to imagine how long its going to take to publish this as it is.

To finish this mornings blog

Well, have found out that I am going to be posted at Kings High School for the last 2 weeks of this month, so I get to torture a bunch of little boys, including Blair, this pain in the arse that I work with, awesome, I bet he's going to be really excited about that. The downside is that I'll be the only student teacher there, we've all been posted at different schools.At least I'm not Steve, who has to drive out to Mosgiel everyday to teach at Taieri. So, I found this out this morning.
Ther was another downside to the first day of the month today, it pissed down all day, really sucked, but at least it wasn't cold.
This weekend is Queens Birthday weekend here, so Monday is a public holiday, though I would like to point out that the Queen's actual birthday is on April 26th, which would be a much better day fr a public holiday as the 25th is Anzac Day and already a ublic holiday. I would much rather have 2 days off in a row.
So have been packing today since the big mve is next week, can't do anymore right now though as I have run out of boxes, will have to approcreate some more from work tomorrow. And as for tomorrow, Mum and I are heading for Invers to visit the rellies. I get to see my cousins new baby (the one named after our dog!) and visit the grandmothers.
I think that pretty much covers everything, but I'd like to say Happy Birthday to Sarah whose birthday is tomorrow and to Mornay, whose birthday I believe occurred very recently. Oh, and 0f course I should remind Sarah that she needs to come visit me and if she is here on the 15th and 16th of June the Library is having its yearly book sale!

Another month over

And I can't say that the new month has started off particularly well. Tried to get to sleep ealy last night, yeah right, like that ever actually works, finally got to sleep and then some evil bastard let off fireworks at around 2am, so I had to start the whole process again. I think I maybe got a couple of hours sleep in the end. So this is definitely not the start I intended for the new month, though if things were perfect I wouldn't even be out of bed at this time of the morning like ever.
Have been lucky, no asthma attacks for the last couple of days, did however end up back at the doctor on Sunday night, which not a great way to end a weekend.
Um, well today is the last day of classes for the semester, so now I only have exams, and this time next wekk I shall be living somewhere different, I may however be out of action when it comes to being online coz Telecom will probably take forever to transfer my internet over to the new place, I ring up about it today, so hopefully it won't be too bad.
Ok, I gotta go, as I'd kinda like to be on time for work this morning for a change.