Well well, it has been awhile indeed. Actually, according to my last post, I haven't updated in all of 2013! It would be useless to try and recount all of the events in detail so I will do a bit of a summative update and hopefully get back into a more regular routine. I do enjoy keeping my faithful readers updated. (I also like making ironic jokes)
To start, Tom and I have moved into a beautiful house together. We moved in mid-February and it has been going great so far. A bit further away from town, slightly further away from work but in a better location and much quieter. Not sure if I would ever want to go back to living in an apartment building again.
Two or three weeks after we moved into our house, a colleague of mine told me about her cat that she had recently re-homed. She was very allergic to her cat and had reached the unhappy decision that she had to give her up. Tom and I had discussed having pets and decided to take Poppy, rather than see her go to a shelter or re-homed somewhere not nearly as awesome as our house. We brought Poppy home and, after climbing up the chimney for four hours and sitting behind the dryer for another fifteen or sixteen, she settled in very well. She has this adorable habit of trying to get your attention by sinking her lovely little claws into your legs, arms, hands, face...you know, wherever. This is made even more adorable at 3:30 in the morning. Also, I want to publicly state I wanted to rename her. I was thinking Moose, as a tribute to my native land. Tom disagreed. How unfair.
I am on Easter holiday now and not nearly prepared to go back to work on Monday. Following my return to work, it will be the most frantic time of the year getting my Year 11s finished with their coursework, ready for exams and done their GCSEs. My third year of teaching is quickly finishing and I am still at the same school. Before I leave England, I want to see more of the country than the midlands, but I am happy enough and still have 4.5 years left on my Visa to decide on a change of scenery.
And, in 400 little words (or so), that is my life for the last few months. The upcoming months will include travelling, trips back to Canada and going on a trip with one of my best friends; hopefully this will allow for less summative posts, more exciting story-telling.
