a photo of some of the gloves drying after playing in the second lot of snow... my feet got sooooo cold, but now i have new shoes (waterproof merrells, so hopefully will be better for the rain and snow in london and of course oslo this weekend)
carrie about 200m away from her house in Northern Ireland (went to visit her last weekend and had a great time catching up). yes, short, blonde hair now... thanks for having me carrie, i had a great weekend!!!
diane, our new housemate, doing what she does best... kidding! but she has been a good influence on the house. and she is a lovely person to have living with us, WELCOME!!! (we had a house dinner on monday which was really fun). I love my housemates!
ha, our new pets, well they were until they got stuck on the trap. look how tiny they are... soooo cute, but well, these two had to go. please don't ask for details!!!
oh, and my desk that i didn't 'make' but i put together. i started at 11:40pm last night and was in bed well before 1. i was well proud with my effort... and all by myself too!!! (dad, are you proud??)ok, and now for the story...
just got back from dinner with some friends from spanish class. it was really nice to be doing things with people i have met in london... makes it feel more and more like 'home' for the moment. they are all lovely. went to a nice arabic restaurant in shebu... very cheap too... nice one. (michelle, hope you get better, we missed you there tonight!)
well, i think this week has been a week of reflections. I was walking through the corridor this afternoon after i had seen my students out and thought... I really like being a teacher. I have quite q troublesome Yr7 group as my tutor kids, and well, they are great. And as scary as it sounds, I would love to see them in a few Years time to see how they change. CRAZY... now, i don't know how long i will be here for, but days like today make me realise how much i do like my job and how much i want to be able to teach these kids... high school special needs isn't that bad. Smaller kids are still my teaching passion, but my kids aren't too bad. i think this started because tomorrow is half-term again already, and so my year at this school is half-over. it has gone so fast. and my 2 year plan, out the window and my new plan is to well, enjoy life and seek God's will in what i do.
as for where life is heading... i don't know really. lots of reflecting i think. Crazy how the sermons at church have been on transforming life and well, i have been thinking things in my life that i would like to change or have a better grip on (like does it really matter if the dishwasher doesn't work properly {sorry guys} and can i just get over it and get on with it??) like we had a slight fight at home about the dishwasher that I got all high-and-mighty about and then go to Cluster where we are learning about pride and humility... ha, there's a lesson. and just little things like that, where i am reminded that God does care and He is in control and well, He doesn't necessarily like the way I am and that I don't have to be proud because that's just the way i am, but I can learn to change. So, mmm, thinking over that. and well, when i get back from Oslo (where i am going to Sat to see tami and hopefully ski, yay!) i will start the homeless work i spoke about in a previous post. really looking forward to that and how I can learn from the team and other people who i will be working with.
and looking into going to do some sort of work in spain in summer, but still waiting on options there. London is really good at the moment. but i do miss aus. I got a letter from my step-grandma the other day, just receiving it and knowing it was from her brought tears to my eyes... I could barely read it. I do miss aus greatly. but as i have said before, London is where i am at for the moment. and i am loving what i am doing over here, all the opportunities and i am looking into areas i never would have thought of looking into if i was still in sydney. and of course the travelling opportunities.
anyways, i must try and get to bed soon as i need to function at school tomorrow and it is already after midnight. on saturday i am going to Oslo to visit tami. hopefully there will be lots of snow so that we can do some cross-country skiing together, oh that would be great. I feel like i haven't skiied for ages, wait, I haven't! ha. no, but it will be nice to chill with her to. and catch up. and see her new 'home'. then back to school for a few more weeks and then more holidays, ha, that is crazy over here. lots of holidays, just get into the swing of teaching and it's time to pause again... mind you, we are all really tired, so it will be a welcome break.
ok, bed for me. enjoy the pics. will have some from oslo soon. they should be fabulous.
night night, love to you all
deev
p.s. schelle and nick, sorry i can't make it to your party, but you know, skiing needed to be done, hope it is ace.
p.p.s. people not in london, COME VISIT!!!! plenty of room here for visitors.
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