Time goes by...

So every day when I get home, I think about writing in here, but then I prefer watching a few episodes of Scrubs so that I don't actually have to think. I've gotten pretty busy at school pretty quickly (which is good because I can't sit there and just watch anymore). I planned for and am teaching this whole week and next week I think. I'm getting observed on Thursday, so that'll be good. Things at school have been kind of nuts and all over the place and right now I'm just trying to keep my head above water. I'm struggling with a lot of things educationally-wise... like the fact that I want to have fun at school and make jokes and make sure my kids are having fun, but I also need them to do what they're supposed to be doing.

Last weekend we hung out in Wellington. I did a whole lot of nothing. While reflecting on it, I realize that that was probably the best thing I could have done. The weekend before that, Laura, Chelsea, and I went to wine country (this dinky little town, it was totally cute). We stayed at a little campground in a tiny little cabin and it was totally cute. We spent Saturday sleeping and then went to the town's movie theatre to see Nowhere Boy, which was good and fun. We loved the little town. Sunday, the weather was better, so we went biking through wine country and actually spent most of the day at an olive oil place. It was delllliiiccciooouusss.

Last night we went to a restaurant here in New Zealand called "Burger Wisconsin". Yeah... that's right. We were so stoked. Chelsea and I wore Wisconsin gear and everything. The food wasn't so good, however. To eat it, we went to the top of Mount Victoria and sang some songs in good company with some of our new friends here. It was so fun!

Yesterday at school, my teacher went home sick, so I got to teach all day. A lot about it was really good... I was pretty much thrown into the deep end, and I at least kept my head above water. It was really the best way to learn. I started out the day with one kid getting a wire stuck in his mouth. Like, REALLY stuck. So stuck that I had to get in there with a pliers to get it out. Meanwhile, he was crying because "we were never going to get it out" and he'd "be stuck like this forever!". The second I got it out, he started laughing and was all happy. And I was covered in his drool and blood. Yeah... as you may suspect I was NOT laughing. In fact, that's about the time that I brought out the dreaded behaviour (yeah, behaviour, haha) book. It was awesome. Mean Ms. Cram was on a rampage. But then the kids impressed me with their teamwork during fitness and during lunchtime rec where they won their nuke 'em ball game (kind of like volleyball but easier). But... once we got back into the classroom, it was rough. Maybe Mondays are always rough? It was quite the struggle. Ugh.

I'm hoping today will be better. The kids didn't get a whole lot done the whole afternoon yesterday, which upset me. We'll see how today goes....