December 16, 2000 - Saturday
The weather was very changeable today. In the morning it was fine, but later on it
snowed. When I walked to work it was 0 and when I came home it was -4.
Classes went well today. I did making Christmas cards in 3 of them. The students
really enjoyed it for a change. I wouldn't do it every week of course, but for a
once in a blue moon kind of thing...it was great. The pictures that they created
were wonderful.
I received another card this morning, along with a calendar and a package from my
relative in Britain. Yay. I look forward to opening them.
After I finished work I decided to go to Mosburgers for some supper. I ate in, and
I'm glad that I did. It was nice to eat my hamburger while it was hot. I also had
some cocoa...perfect on a cold winter night.
When I got home tonight I watched my usual combo of Beverly Hills 90210 and Dharma
and Greg. Pretty funny. I also just kind of vegged. I enjoyed today, but it was
tiring. All my classes were 1 person classes today. That means I have to do at
least half of the talking. Out of 7 hours of teaching, that's a lot of speaking.
Tomorrow is my school's Christmas party. I wasn't looking forward to it at first,
but now I am. I hope there will be some food I can eat...I'm allergic to tomato
sauce and the party is in an Italian restaurant. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
We are having a gift exchange, I hope I get my gift back! I like it a lot.
Speaking of Christmas. I had brought my Christmas cds to work and we started playing
them in the lobby yesterday. That meant that I finally got to hear my three favourite
Christmas songs again.....Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy by Bing Crosby and David Bowie, Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid and of course Last Christmas by Wham!
Now I feel tons more in the Christmas Spirit. If only I could get some Christmas
Cake....western style! (They have Christmas Cake in Japan, but it's a sponge cake
with fruit and whipped cream.. very different from what I consider Christmas Cake).
I wonder if the karaoke box tomorrow night will have "Santa Baby" , the Eartha Kitt
version? Hmm. I'd really love to try that one. Of course, it could be embarrassing
if no-one understands the lyrics.
Anyway, I'm off. I'm really tired.
Oh, one last thing. I read today about some genetic modification that has been done
to fruit flies. They call the modified flies "INDY". (I may have the details a little
wrong) That's short for "I'm not dead yet" from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
I think that's hilarious.
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