SPORTS DAY! 18th April 2008 John and I are in serious need of counselling! To-day was sports day and trials for the district sports!Oh my god - Paul, Dennis and Anne you would have turned in your grave and I think it'll take a few glasses of wine for us to get over it! Briefing was at 8am.3 people were in the staffroom in addition to John and I at that time.Panic had set in as the photocopier was locked up so the programme hadn't been printed (thinking ahead ...

IN THE PINK! 12th april 2008 We don't know ourselves now.The carpenter at the school has made us a wardrobe!! We can unpack, we've only been here 2 months!!The fact that it has no doors and the drawers don't work, is simply an aside! Not only that, but we've got two shelves as well, so the toaster, deodorant and cockroach killer no longer get confused!They're not quite straight (John had a pencil and paper to work out dimensions, but no spirit level, so good en...

HEADLESS CHICKEN! 23rd March 2008 We're up to the gunnels in mud!I've never experienced anything like the amount or density of the rain, it sheets down for hours on end, often accompanied by amazing lightning and thunder.Consequently the tracks are knee-deep in mud and I have no trendy wellies!!A wonderful sight out of our window, a couple of pikininis, stark naked, about 2/3 years old, jumping up and down in a huge puddle and throwing mud balls at each other. ...

HALLELUJAH AND GLORY BE! 25th March 2008 Amazing how little things can cause such indescribable pleasure - yes, I'm sure you've guessed - I've found a toilet cleaner and it actually works! We've been scraping away with a knife and screwdriver and patches of white are emerging - I'll get the b***** white if it's the last thing I do! The cleaner is of Chinese origin and the directions state 'for stubborn stains, scrub with a hairbrush!' My hairbrush isn't going a...

MACHETES GALORE! 10th March 2008 Lovely to hear from you all, particularly to-day, as I have been confined to bed with a nasty sickness/diarrhoea bug.Feeling a bit better now, so have time to write a bit more. I was lying in bed feeling sorry for myself, when it sounded as though WW2 had started.I looked out and you know (those teachers amongst you) how we used to do whole school litter picking occasionally, well the whole school here has turned out to do a wh...