A Mixed Bag of a Monday

The good things have been really good, but the bad things have been really bad. My Mum's sick, EJ has been revealed to have horrible posture and needs to do core strengthening exercises for the rest of his life (I'm probably not exaggerating here. If I am, it's not intentional.), and worst of all, Nanny and Poppa's dog, Jack, has had to be put down. No, I'm not kidding. Can we all, in complete seriousness, have a moment of silence? ...Thank you. Now, if we can turn to more pleasant matters, to my Monday.

Before school, I watched some TV, and did a small amount of blogging. Period 1 was Science, which was doing some work from the textbook, for the first time in weeks. Maybe even months. A long time, in any case. Wasn't hard work, so much as work. Next was Geo, which was doing a quiz on the geography of South-East Asia. I got 29/33, as I forgot the capitals of the Philippines (Manila), Sri Lanka (Colombo) and Vietnam (I put Ho Chi Minh instead of Hanoi. So did the teacher), and the sea west of India (Arabian). We then did some more work from the textbook. Recess was 13, as usual.

Period 3 was English, which was kind of a weird period. At one point, Hancock left to go do some stuff, and Andrew asked Nancy for food (why is a good question). So she handed some Asian biscuits around. I had one. Big mistake. The taste went something like: Yeah, these are good!; What's that taste coming on?; I'm starting to regret this...; Eurgh! And to top it off, there were some crumbs caught in the braces. I had a horrible faint taste in my mouth for hours. Period 4 was Maths, which was doing some more work from the textbook. Notice how "work from the textbook" has been used three times now (well, four, but that last one doesn't count). That was very annoying. Lunch was more 13.

Period 5 was Drama, in which, as Kolodziej was down with the cast of the Hurlstone musical, we had a sub, Pollock. We also did some work on advertising, and we had to draw our own ad. Let me say one thing: It's a good thing I don't do Art. I made this ad about 'extreme mineral water' called H2Go! (yes, with an exclamation mark). I really couldn't think of anything else; I got the inspiration from a water bottle on Amy's desk. I also arranged to borrow a book from Pollock after he saw 'Uncle Tungsten' on my desk, and said he had a book by the same author, Oliver Sacks. In Period 6, Commerce, we were in one of the computer rooms, and we were essentially copying stuff from a news article into our books. It wasn't just that, of course, but it was essentially that. Dad then picked me up, and we went down to Wattle Grove Shops and had some afternoon tea. Then around 7, I left for hapkido.

Shay didn't come because she was sick (it seems to be going around), so I went by myself. But it was a really good lesson. There was this black belt that hadn't come to lessons for a while, and I ended up being partnered with her. So get this: I had to show her how to do basic evasion. Me, a white belt, showing a black belt how to do an evasion in hapkido. It was just not how it was supposed to be done. Grandmaster Geoff also showed how to beat force using a few simple tricks. So when I got home, I decided to use one on Dad; in an arm wrestle. I beat him. His expression after I had beat him was priceless. And I ended my day blogging about Sunday, because that's exactly the kind if trouble I'm in.

And that was my Monday. Until I get a good solid day of blogging in, I'm not going to be able to catch up quickly. So the label 'late post' is hereby eliminated. I've had enough of it. Say goodbye to 'late post.'

Mondays, Mondays,
AB