Do I HAVE to update, mionemione?

*chuckle* I'm just feeling a wee bit lazy at the mo'. There's been a lot going on in the week since I last posted, mostly to do with sorting out the new classes for next term and attempting to (successfully) stave off being stuck in a hot, tiny room with large groups of pupils notorious for poor behaviour (well, I still have those pupils, but I've got a big, airy room to let them run rampant in).

Aside from that, Saturday was spent walking about a wet and chilly London that was warmed by the company of a delightful new friend I made a number of weeks ago (on the Avesbury trip, to be precise). Highlights of that day include a nice walk along the Thames, roaming Lambert Gardens (only open to the public four times a year) and enjoying a fine meal at Studio 6 on Southbank, all of which was liberally dosed with brilliant conversation.

Other than that, my week off has been, ummm... lazy. Okay, yes I did do a lot of laundry, a fair bit of tidying up, sorted a lot of my new classroom, and stuff like that, as well as a couple of running sessions and another Kenpo lesson, but I've spent far more time sucking on my VR crack pipe (the computer). *chuckle*

At some point, I have to get to the planning for next term, but not tonight...

Homesick

Yesterday, I was doing some shopping. Wandering through the cereal aisle, I spied boxes of maple syrup coated cornflakes. I took a box down to check if contained genuine Canadian maple syrup (which it did).

Whilst doing so, though, I was suddenly hit by an intense longing for home. I stood for many moments, riding out the wave of sorrow, as my eyes actually grew misty.

I cannot recall the last time I felt that homesick in the nigh three yeas I've been living in the UK. And inspired by a box of cereal? Where did THAT come from? I must be losing the plot! *chuckle*