Day 139: 19/5/13 I woke early enough this morning despite only getting in at 4. There were lots of people checking out I think- there seemed to be a lot of noise anyway. I got up and read for a while and then went to the shop- I needed nail varnish and shampoo and a few things like that so I spent a while wandering around the pharmacy. I didn't do much for the afternoon. I read an tidied up some clothes. The hostel eventually got an iron so I was able to iron s...

Day 138: 18/5/13 I had a nice sleep in this morning. I had breakfast in the cafe downstairs and arsed around reading a book. I went to the travel centre aswell to see did they have any deals on buses or trips but they didn't really. I met Laura in town at 3. We were intending on going to an exhibition of Hollywood costumes but there was a huge queue so we decided to do it another day and we looked in a few shops for a dress for her for the wedding. We found one...

Day 137: 17/4/13 I decided to try a later train this morning. I got up only a few minutes later but had a bit more time to check the Internet and eat breakfast! When I checked my emails, Eimhin had sent on the poem- here it is: To Lorraine. Thanks so much for picking up, We know that we have rode our luck, Not everyone would care enough, To teach us all this Ozzy stuff, We know you probably miss it here, But honestly, don’t shed a tear, It’s the midd...

Day 136: 16/5/13 Up again this morning! Working more than three days in a row shouldn't be allowed!! I had to photocopy a few things and get a few bits ready on the board so I was I early. It was raining so the kids were in early too. We had reading groups first. They don't have an aide on Thursday so luckily there was a parent helper because its hard to watch all the groups without someone else being in the room! There's one child that cries over everything- h...

Day 135: 15/5/13 It didn't seem as cold this morning, thankfully! When I got to school I had to organise the classroom for making a mask! They had planned a design of a mask in their reading groups and today they had to make it! We had to to one more round of reason groups at the very start of the day as one group still had to plan theirs. Then we started into making the masks! They were fine but just a bit noisy. There's usually an aide in the class but this m...