Gee, is it really the weekend already?

As you may have guessed from the title of this blog entry, I am feeling a bit like time is just whirling by this week. On Wednesday I attended my first ever funeral. It was for my great-grandmother who died on Sunday night. She was pretty old, as you may imagine, so it wasn't sad so much as a relief I think. She was in a nursing home and in the dementia ward for the last few years. When we went to her 90th a few months ago she didn't really seem to recognise anyone, particularly not the grandkids and great-grandkids. Personally I would hate to live like that and I can't imagine she was enjoying it very much either. Sometimes I think it would be nice to just be able to forget everything, but in reality it would just mean constant confusion about everything around you. Anyway, the funeral meant that I missed work on Wednesday arvo, I had already skipped it on Monday in order to write The Dreaded Assignment, which has since been handed back and the deadline extended until this Tuesday so it can ruin yet another weekend. Thursday, yesterday, I taught an entire class at my practical placement. It was not a fabulous class. I ended up with a list about a page long of things I could have done better after the supervising teacher filled me in on how I went. My usual supervisor was away soI had a different bloke with me, and although he is lovely, he didn't have many positive things to say. Or indeed any, and I would like to believe that's not because there were none, but rather because he just didn't feel like sharing. It would have been nice to have some positive feedback too since it was my very first time taking that class and teaching adults. Hopefully when my real supervisor gets back next week she'll have some more helpful suggestions.

On Tuesday night I went to the show and did all kinds of exciting stuff. It was raining when we first got there but soon cleared up and stayed clear for the duration. Rode the Mad Mouse of course. It was CRAZY. No wonder they're shutting that thing down! I had a scream or two and left with two matching bruises just below my knees where I was slammed repeatedly at the bottom of the drops. What are they going to have at the Show next year instead of the Mad Mouse? Hopefully something with padding. Got my Freddo Frog bag which this year came with a choice of a Freddo keychain or Freddo Puzzle Mug. Go the Puzzle Mug. And get this; there were also TWO giant pencils in there with their own giant sharpener! How fantastic is that? I was pretty excited I must say and have been using the pencils to take notes at uni ever since. Might take one of them to work too. I'm nothing if not professional.

Speaking of work; I have offically reached the end of my 6 week trial. Since they are happy chappies with me and I am happy chappies with them there is only one thing to do - give me more money. OHHH yeah. I'm a bit of a fan of the amount of buckeroos rolling in at the moment because they're all going straight to the Goa Account and I am so Going to Goa at the end of the year. Just keep thinking about that and I might just make it...