10:15 Greenwich Time:
Well, this week has not been entirely horrible - my lesson have sucked, but at least I didn't spend all of my time running back and forth between the two buildings. This next week is another story, though, back to the marathon schedule. Let me just say that it is very hard to complete a lab practical in a science class in 50 minutes. And, it is very frustrating to set up a lab practical, get almost ready to start, then look at the clock and have to ask the class to pack everything up because we don't have enough time. Luckily, I didn't have many Geography classes this week, but it is entirely too much to expect a Science teacher to do practicals in 50 minutes AND have her classroom cleaned up so that she can RUN to the other building in time to start her Geography lesson on time - AGG!!!

Enough about school! Friday night I played trivia with the people I am staying with. Their church, every once in a while, puts on a "Quiz Night" and a bunch of people get together and play. It ended up being very similar to RiRa's "Pub Quiz:" tables, answer sheet, picture round, very obscure questions, alcohol... I felt like I was at home. I even answered some to the questions - correctly! They had a handful of American questions - "Name the four states that begin with the letter 'A', Who was Ronald Reagan's VP?" I really had a good time. Plus, it was my first Friday night out in forever!! Oh - and we WON (I forgot to mention that) - a bottle of wine each!!!

Yesterday, I had planned to go to Greenwich, but when I woke up the sky was nasty, so I stayed in bed until noon. By the time I got out of bed, the weather had completely changed and it was a nice day. So, it was too late to go to Greenwich, but not too late to hit the mall, so I hopped a bus to BlueWater. It's one of those things that if I am bored, I go to the mall. I can spend hours and hours there and not spend a dime (pence), just wandering around. I found the Cinema and watched "The Terminal." It was a very cute movie. How about they assign seats in the theaters here (or at least the one I went to)!? I sat in K 17. They also sell two kinds of popcorn - sweet and salty!! I had gotten a Coke and forgot that fountain drinks are FLAT here (the bottles/cans are "fizzy," but the fountain drink are not). I'll have to remember to get an Icee next time - wonder what they'll say if I ask for one instead of a "frozen drink?"

Today, I've decided to try Greenwich again. It is a very beautiful day outside and I am curious to see whether or not the Prime Meridian really is drawn on the sidewalk through the town.