I am only working part time right now... and I get really bored.  So this week, my sister and I decided to do the only resonable thing when you are bored.  Drink.  But since we are both low on cash, we decided we needed a place to drink for free.  So off we went to Toronto and to the Steamwhistle Brewery!!

 

We arrived at 3.15 and within seconds of walking through the door had a full beer in our hand.  By 4pm, I had had 4 beer, and was getting my last one topped up before the tour of the brewery.  The tour was fun, as always, but the best was the after tour part.  All the workers were just finishing up, so they all head down for an after work beer and there were a bunch of tourists around.  After about another hour of drinking and chatting with a guy and his dad about the microbreweries in his hometown or Oregon, i decided I had had enough. I put my glass down on the bar. A second later, i turn to see it magically refilled.  I had to finish it.. if not it's alcohol abuse!  anyway, it was a great random adventure in toronto.

 

 

 

 

the next morning, we decided to visit my sisters neighbourhood in Hamilton. WE just happened upon the Canadian Football Museum and Hall of Fame on induction day. Tons of cheerleaders and football players around.. good times.

 

I heart randomness!! Anyway, check out the few pics I added to my gallery!

3 of my Kingergarten kids got in trouble for fighting today. They were sent in at recess after taking out a grade 3.  First, have they not learned to keep their hands to themselves (use your words, not your hands) and second.. whatever happened to picking on someone your own size. This grade 3 was huge.  tsk tsk

I went to a The Reason/Wintersleep/Yellowcard/Metric concert on thursday.  It was great... but here's the thing:

 

I just moved back to London and my friends here are my uni friends, so most of us have drifted appart... as in i'm still beign immature and having fun and they are getting married.  Not all, but most.  So none of them wanted to come to a concert for a bunch of bands they didn't particularly know... not even when I mentioned there was a beer tent! *gasp*

 

So I went alone.  I didn't think it was a big deal I wanted to see Metric dammit and not having anyone to go with wasn't going to stop me. If i always waited for someone to tag along, i wouldn't have done half the things I have in life.  And i never had a problem with it until that night.

 

I walked up to the beer ticket guy to get some tickets.  He looked around to see if I was with anyone, then looked at me and said 'ahhhhhhhhh you must be with the band' I said, does it get me free beer. He said no. So i said nope, why. He answered ' well, it's just... you know.. well.. are you here alone?' Um, yeah i said.. 'oh' was the uncomfortable reply. So I took my tickets, got my beer, and chugged one.

 

Why is it that as soon as you go out alone, people feel bad for you or assume you're some crazy freak or have no friends.  Get over it!!! is it really so hard to imagine that a young lady can be independent enough to go to a concert alone! it's not like you can even hear anyone over the music to talk to them!  I'm not sure why this bugged me so much... I have gotten used to sitting alone in restaurants, going to bars alone.. and that is much more intimidating than a concert.  Maybe it's just cause I moved to Europe on my own, and had to get used to doing things alone, or I would have stayed inside all day and night.

 

okay.. end of rant.... just needed to vent! and yeah i know it's a few days after the fact, but I went for a walk and i was thinking about and it started to piss me off again!

Why my SK teaching job is so much better than last year's gig:

 

1- I only work part time.. ie i have at least 2 days off during the week to go boarding and if it's not boarding season, i can supply teach and make extra cash on those days... for boarding!

 

2- The kids are cute.... sure there were a couple tears, but mostly we had a great day together!  and they are sponges so teaching them french will be so much easier than teaching those 13 yr olds with attitudes!

 

3- The parents are SUPPORTIVE!!!!!!!  There are a few that have offered to volunteer in the class to help out with busy activitiy days, and some even baked me cookies to welcome me to their school!  Plus, when I send notes home, they come straight back to me the next day!

 

4- Finger painting, Legos, Cutting and Pasting, Story time, and play time.... do I really need to explain!

 

5- Staggered entry! I haven't had my full class yet, just a handfull at a time. Today I had 14 at once for 3 hours and it went so well, we flew through what I had planned to do AND got a jump start on Monday!

 

I think that this year will be so much better than last year!!  But... ask me again when I have all 25 of my students at once on Monday!