Week 4

We've been in the UK about a month now. Things are settling down with the living situation. I am feeling more and more at home in the flat. Holly is a great roommate, and I don't think this experience would be so pleasant without her. My days are very long since I travel a few towns over for school, so Holly has continued to start dinner or take care of other things for me. Some times I'm so tired that if she didn't do this I doubt I would eat...

Last week was a very rough week with my class. They were all beginning to feel comfortable with each other and me, so their behaviour was horrible. There was some bullying going on, and they just generally were being disrespectful to me and each other. But after some rant sessions with the other staff I was able to come up with some strategies to get them back on track. There will always be those few who continuously misbehave, but this week has been much better so far.

Holly and I ventured to Windsor this weekend. It's only a 10 minute and £2 train ride away, and so beautiful. Windsor castle is amazing, although we were too late to actually go in. There is a really nice area for shopping and nice restaurants. We happened upon a theatre that was playing Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat that night, asked if there were any tickets available, there were, so we went! It was a great little theatre and a fairly decent show. So all around a great day!

It's getting colder here very quickly. I know I'm Canadian and should be used to the cold, but it's such a damp cold that it seems no matter what I'm wearing I still feel it. My classroom is the coldest in the building, so once the dampness gets in my bones I can't get warm until I get into a sweatshirt and under a blanket on the couch at home, usually with a tea. Hopefully that box of warm stuff Mam-Marie sent me arrives soon!!!

Oh, and after weeks of screw up (my company's screw up...) I FINALLY got paid! So hopefully after a few pays I'll be able to figure out if we can afford that trip to Paris and Holland on our October break!! I know Tante Corry and Ome Gerritt would love for us to make it! We would too!

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