Week 5/6

Thursday

I took the bus to school this morning, because Heather had already gone for her walk, and I didn’t know if she was going to be able to take me or not. It was fine though, because I was able to get some work done before others came into school. It was Rob’s last day today as the substitute, which is good and bad. He is a great teacher, but his classroom structure and atmosphere is much different than Brett’s, so I think it’ll be nice to have Brett back. The kids did their celebrity interviews this afternoon (they dressed up like celebrities and interviewers and created interview scripts to perform for the class). Most of them were very good. We went out for a game the last part of the day. I think Rob wanted to give them a little treat to say bye.
I went down to the beach for a couple hours this afternoon and took a nap. It was great. Katy and I went to the movies at 9PM. We saw New In Town, which was good. It reminded me of home actually with a small town in the middle of winter. Katy’s host mom had free tickets, so since we got in free, we splurged on some candy!

Friday

I got to school this morning and opened up my email. I HAVE GREAT NEWS!!! I got accepted as the teaching fellow for grad school! It’s one of two positions for College of Education Master’s students. So, I’ll be teaching 9th grade math ½ days and taking grad classes the other half. I will finish my Master’s in reading education by next June. The best part is that grad school will be free, and I’ll get a stipend for teaching. This was positively the best way to start my day. I couldn’t have been happier.
School went well, but Brett did have another blow-up with our Autistic boy. I felt really awkward, but there wasn’t a lot that I could do. This afternoon was quite hot. I was put to supervise basketball for the last hour of the day, which was even hotter because of the pavement on the courts.
This afternoon, I came home, got ready, and headed to Katy’s. Katy and I went out with Johno and Pete. We met up with some of his friends and went to several different pubs and clubs. One stop we made was at the Army base. Johno is in the Army Reserves and had a friend who was having a toga party. It was surprisingly fun. (And no, I didn’t wear a toga.)

Saturday

I spent the night at Katy’s on Friday after we’d been out together. I woke up and had a run. Mark, Katy’s host dad, made us a huge breakfast on the barbie. It was fantastic. We left for Mandurah at around noon. We went to Mandurah to stay with Stacy and Scott, two of their friends, for the crab festival. The house that we stayed in was incredible. It was worth at least 3 million dollars. I was afraid to touch anything! They live right on a canal that eventually leads to the ocean. After we sat around for a couple drinks, and a swim in their infinity pool, we got on their boat. We packed dinner with us, and started cruising for town. We docked up and had a look around the crab festival for a few hours, but it really wasn’t anything special. We got back on the boat, had dinner, and cruised around until the fireworks started. They were a pretty good set of fireworks. After the fireworks, we cruised back to the house and had some more wine. After all that we drank on the boat and then back at home, I can definitely say that I’d had too much. It was really nice to sit back and relax though over good conversation.

Sunday

Today, everyone had a slow start. I woke up and sat out on one of the deck chairs for a couple hours planning my life. I decided that I have two options. 1. Marry a millionaire or 2. Figure out a way to become a millionaire (They are the only two reasonable options in life.) I went for a swim, and when Katy woke up, we took the Jet Ski out down the canals and the larger waterway. That was awesome. I’m also convinced that I have to live near the water and own a boat and Jet Ski. Around 12, we headed back towards home. We were exhausted, but stopped for food along the way, because we were also starving. At Katy’s we laid around and then went to the beach for just a little bit.
Johno and Dean picked us up for church. We went to dinner at a food hall. (A food court without the shops—its just food in the building) That was good, but we were really late to church. Johno and Dean didn’t care, but I felt really awkward. Church was good-a more contemporary service. I got home and had mud cake and ice cream, which was fantastic.

Monday

Today was good. Frank does a lot of the teaching. He really likes to run things his own way, which is just fine with me. I like watching him teach, because it’s yet again another style to learn from. The kids were good, but we are having a lot of drama with boyfriends and girlfriends to the point that is disrupting schoolwork. I had to have a little chat with the boys today, and this is after Brett had a talk with the girls on Friday.
This afternoon before coming home, stopped in at the Whitford City shops for a few things. Because of that, I didn’t get home until about 5PM. I worked out for a long while, laid by the pool, had dinner with Len, Heather and Fatty and went for a run. It’s been good to recoup from the weekend.
This next weekend, I’ll be going with my principal, Gavin, his wife, Christine and Katy to the Pinnacles, which are natural sand dunes and rocks that are supposed to be remarkable.