OK, long time no update, I see. Well, let’s get it on with then 🙂
The
weekend before last I didn’t do much, actually. Didn’t feel all too
great, I’m afraid. Basically some correction and such, played a bit AC,
and had a family reunion on Saturday, and then I mean a reunion up to
the level of my great-greatgrandmother. Was nice, in a way, but of
course tons of new faces.
On Monday I had to teach 7 hours, and
then I had -oh joy- a four hour parents night. Non-stop talking, met 33
parents of the first graders, who all wanted to know how splendid their
daughter/son was. Of course some parents showed up of students who
really had problems, and then it was worth while. But why on earth did
some parents wait for over an hour in a queue when their offspring has
an A+ ???? Why waste my time and energy too ???? I was completely beat
when I got home, crashed on the couch, didn’t move. Same effect alas on
Tuesday morning, so I called in sick. Slept nearly all day, guess I
needed that.
On Wednesday I still wasn’t feeling too great,
still very tired, so I went to teach, but cancelled the Tolkien
storytelling session in the afternoon. It really felt like a burden, so I
decided not to. At night I felt a little better, so I checked out this
new choir, in the near village. They’re not bad at all, but the director
made me sing alto, whereas I’m used to sing tenor, and I love that. I
suppose a woman singing tenor was too innovative and out of the box.
Doubting whether I’ll go tonight. I really don’t like alto.
Thursday:
another lazy day, since I seem to have run out of stamina. Completely.
Did do some correction and house work, but nothing more. At night we had
Cthulhu, which was no short than hilarious ! Somehow we don’t seem to
grasp the atmosphere Lovecraft had in mind, but these evenings are
always fun. My belly was aching in laughing.
Friday: tough day
of teaching: it started to snow, very unexpectedly, and that on a day
before a vacation ! No need to tell you the kids went wild. Go me. I
managed to survive, and when I got home, I packed some stuff and Bart
and I went away for the weekend :-))))))
We stayed in a little
hotel with an excellent kitchen in Luxemburg. Just had way too much to
eat, saw a great castle which was very impressive, visited Luxemburg
City with its casemats, made some walks, had fun and relaxed. Especially
relaxed. Did us both well 🙂
Fetched the dog on Monday on our
way home: he had stayed with Bart’s parents for the first time, had
never been without either one of us for longer than two days, and never
out of our own house. Glad everyone survived the experiment that well.
At
night an appointment with the gynaecologist, and as stated before, all
is very well, and it’s apparently a boy, the doc was very positive about
that. Heh. And here we were, thinking it was a girl. Doesn’t matter, as
long as it’s a kid, and it’s healthy.
Yesterday my mom came
over to help: we stripped the baby room of the wallpaper and plastered a
bit where necessary. Had planned on painting most of it today, but just
couldn’t get myself in gear. At all. Only washed off the ceiling so
far. Need to do some more plastering, I found out. Hmm. Yuck.
Guess that’s it for now. Wanna sleep. Need to plaster and fetch paint. Sigh.