Summer holiday

By the way, Cassie and I booked our flights to Minsk Thursday evening.
Belarus here we come!

Now, you didn't really believe me did you? Why on EARTH would anyone want to go to Minsk??? But that's what makes it so funny that everyone at work believes us... not sure when we're going to tell them where we're actually going.

If you're confused- we DID book flights on Thursday but NOT to Minsk. Competetion on my xanga blog to see who can guess where we ARE going for two weeks this summer. Hint: it is Europe.

Celebrate success!

Today, right now, I celebrate the success of Ady, Sam, Lucas, Alan, Rachel, Joe, Phil, James, Chris, Sarah, and Matt. I taught them math, but each one of them had to come to a point where they believed in themselves in order to pass their exam today. Which they did, and I'm so proud of them!!!! I rejoice in their acheivement, and I am proud of myself for helping them along the way. Thanks Lord for giving me this group- as much grief, stress, frustration, and worry as they may have caused me at various times, today they brought me joy :)

Travel Plans

Just an update on up-and-coming travels... going to Spain in, let's see, 5 weeks tomorrow. yay :)

Also, my friend Cassie and I would like to travel somewhere together for a couple weeks in the summer. We're thinking Minsk.

Any suggestions?

How do you change someone's attitudes? How do you encourage someone to open their mind? How do you do you fight the racism that is so ingrained in someone because they've been brought up with it- from infancy they have been taught to scorn everyone who is different from themselves? When it runs that deep, when they've been trained and formed to think that way, when it's completely irrational but so deeply rooted in them, how, HOW, do you encourage change? There must be a way...

Deep philosophical waking thoughts

I woke up this morning and immediately came to a profound conclusion:
I really can't cope with winter.

Today I woke up before my alarm went off- again. And I was awake! I didn't want to sleep for a few more hours. I have energy! Get up! Get stuff done! Why? Because the SUN is SHINING!!! Well, ok maybe some of it is to do with the fact that I'm on holiday and don't have to go to work. But mainly it's because there's SUNSHINE.

We should pay more attention to the animal kingdom- winter is for hibernating. We shouldn't have to go to work in the dark and leave work again in the dark. It's depressing. I've been saying for awhile now that I need to find a job that requires 6 months of the year in Australia and 6 months in the northern hemisphere- then I could miss out winter altogether. Any suggestions?

Anyhow- I'm off to go use the energy, get stuff done, seize the day, see the sunshine, revel in the fact that it's spring and I can say goodbye to winter for another 6 months...