I am still awake but will shortly not be if all goes well. I have so much to say about your post earlier, Erin, but it will have to wait until I have a little free time. Man does the start of a new semester suck! In the meantime, big hugs coming your way. I feel your pain and wish I could make it go away for you. I know what it's like to face the choice of calling in sleepless, and it sucks mightily.
Also hugs to Hil and sj and anyone else around because I'm feeling snuggly. I'm working stupid hours with very limited sleep right now, and the thought of cuddling up with my Bitches is extremely appealing right now. Oh and of course hugs to Fay (and some snogging too, if she'd have me!) for having to deal with racist asshat man. And count me among the women who have enjoyed omnis hugging, though it was the affectionate hugging of dear friends rather than a love interest. He's very huggable. Also very smart, kind, responsible, and terribly romantic at heart. He's a fine catch for some lucky lady. They just have to find each other.
Wanted to slip in a slightly belated Happy Birthday to my very favorite superhero before I head to bed, however. Happy Birthday, Joe! We miss you terribly and hope that this new year will be fantastic for you.
Hugs to you too, Kristin. I hope you sleep well.
Oooh, it sounds like I may be teaching Year 5 next year! That's the 9-10 year olds! VERY chuffed about the prospect of literature and humanities, somewhat daunted by the prospect of mountains of marking, quite scared by the thought of teaching Hard Maths.
Fay, I think you really need to befriend the wife of that fellow.
I hope everyone had a good sleep. I was up at 4, which seems to be my pattern these days, but fell back to sleep after a few pages of reading.
Fay, when I was teaching in that age group, teaching math terrified me too, but ironically, my supervising teachers said it was the best, most creative class I taught.
I guess because I'd had such trouble with math, I was always looking for different ways to get the method across to the kids.
Of course, sheer terror may have also played a part in it as well.
My cell phone decided to commit suicide.
My mom got a new cell phone recently, after hers gave up the ghost. Apparently the previous (now-dead) phone was a bit archaic, so after she got it she e-mailed me all these questions:
"It has Bluetooth! Does yours have Bluetooth? What do I need to do to use Bluetooth?"
"It does text messages? Does yours text message? I see people text-messaging while driving all the time -- you'd BETTER NOT text-message while you drive!"
Which, of course, has led me to text her at odd hours, and every text starts with "Hey Mom, I'm driving right now!"
Come on. She ASKED for it.
Shir, I hope you're safe and sound.
Steph, that's AWESOME!
I am giving myself a little b.org break because I have already completed half of the work I was hoping to have done before 1pm. Me thinks I might finish early today! GO ME! I gotta tell you, it's SO nice to finally have some energy and motivation to get through this stuff.
Now, on to some math!
Now, on to some math!
A very common battle cry in this thread.
