Greetings and salutations once again, my little muppets.
It has been snowing here today, much to my delight. My internship thus far is going very swimmingly; there is work but not so much that I feel overwhelmed, and running around after small children is hardly much of a difficulty for me as I’m sure you can guess. I also get to work with fab people (even if they are Americans) and play with children. And I do a lot of cutting. It’s great: I get to chill in the office with tea, Etsuko and any other teachers that may be around, cutting shapes out of paper/coloured card/bits of felt. Sometimes I even get to glue things, or put things through the laminator, then slice them up with the guillotine. Although the other day I had to punch shapes out of about 5-6 pieces of coloured card using those shape hole punchers. It rather hurt the palms of my hands. They are still kind of stiff.
Friends Club in the evenings is great; the kids are 6 and 7, which are some of my favourite ages to run a party for, because they know how to do things, and they’re NUTS! It’s great fun, mucking around with them, and lightly threatening to squirt them with my water bottle if they don’t hurry up for the bus (may I remind you that it’s been snowing here). The Year 2-ers are also studying Australia, which is highly convenient, and also slightly hilarious; each lesson Bryan and Bethany read some pages from a book on Australia, and I have a good old laugh to myself. Particularly at “Mel-BOURRRNE” (as opposed to “Mel-bun” as we pronounce it).
I do miss some things though: like pillows that let me sleep on my tummy, Australian accents, proper pieces of steak, not having to wear socks all the time and closing the bedroom door (it is not recommended to do so here, in case of earthquakes).
Love you all,
Marley
