Procrastination

Procrastination is the key to a healthy life. Actually, no it's not. I am procrastinating writing my lesson plans but thats ok because today I'm in a sufficiently better mood than I was yesterday, so hopefully will get all necessary work out of the way by this afternoon.

I'm at Nathan's at the moment, using his fancy computer, with its fancy wireless network, wireless mouse, wireless keyboard. AND fancy (wireless) office chair. The keyboard is one of those fancy ergonomic curvy ones and it's causing a few mistakes every now and then. BUT I am so on to it that I pick most of them up!

This is how I get when I'm procrastinating. A little bit crazy! Yesterday I went nuts because I slept in too long (that's what happens), went for a jog and got lost in suburbia so in total I spent about 1.5-2 hours exercising. That's just mental. So then (not surprisingly) my energy was gone and I went to Anna's with all the good intentions and necessary books but didn't do any work at all.

Nathan lives with another teaching student who is currently at Church College in Templeview. She is a parallel Claire - get this:

• her name is Claire
• She has a BSc (from Wellington, now at Waikato) and is now doing a teaching diploma
• she is currently getting physio treatment and has prescribed exercises
• she lives with Nathan
• she has a tripillow
• she worked at Wellington Zoo
• we complain a lot
• and countless other strange but perfectly real comparisons
• and procrastination.

Wierd a! Nathan says, paralel Claires I tell you.

Nathan also has a whiteboard (2 in fact) in his office. And I have 2 whiteboard pens in my pencil case. More source for procrastination.

5 things I can see:

1. SQL - A Beginner's Guide 2nd Edition
2. Top Tools for Social Sciences Teachers by Cubitt et al.
3. a wireless modem/ router (what's the difference? I've forgotten... Adrian will be ashamed)
4. a blue pen
5. a map of Jerusalem

Thanks for all your guestbook signings... things are a bit slow on this end since I am so busy. I will try to keep Adrian on the ball for you!

3 sleeps til I get to see him!

Conversation with 3 year old Jake:
J: What's that? [points to my deoderant]
C: That's deoderant, Jake, that's for smelly old people.
J: I use my dad's deoderant.
C: Do you? Is that cos it smells nice?
J: Yeah. Look at my elbows! [shows me his right elbow]. Do you have elbows?
C: Yes, Jake, everyone has elbows [I show him my left elbow]
J: My dad doesn't have elbows, and neither does my Ashleigh [11 month old sister]
C: [slightly disturbed and internally giggling]. Yes Jake, everyone has elbows.
J: [giggle, leaves room].

Riiiiight. Kids say the darndest things.