Forget the caffe latte, screw the rasberry iced tea...

There is a terrible, terrible alcohol (a whiskey or a rum I think, which shows how much I actually do drink) out there that I sampled once called "Teachers".

And now I am begining to understand why.

The sad thing is that there are quite a few kids who do want to learn and work and are interested but they have to fight with the ones who don't for time.

On the upside I do get to live in a neat little country town, which is far too close to Perth. People keep on expecting me to just drop everything and come down to visit them or come to this event, or that event. Which is ticking me off. The distance between my house and your house is the same if you care so much you should come up and visit me. But hey noone ever did when I was 30kms away so why would you now that I'm 130km?

Right now I get to spend large amounts of non-work time alone which is nothing short of fantastic. I'm not getting through all my projects that have been put on the back burner as I'm usually busy with work related stuff but the solitude is something I need, well, all of the time. I really cannot handle having to see people 24/7, or at least people that I have to put any effort into seeing. Eight hours a day is quite enough thank you.

The birdlife here is fantastic, mostly twenty-eight parrots, but so many birds around. There's a family that live in one of the big trees out the front of the school and it's lovely to see them every morning. There's also alot of dogs in the town, most of them quiet friendly and always wanting a pat. One of the other teachers (who lives 4 houses down) has a dingo who is simply gorgeous.

So in short:
* Teaching certain students is driving me mad
* The town has nifty animals
* I don't get to see people which is keeping me sane

Of course my nearest vegan neighbours are about 40mins drive away, but you can't have everything I guess.