8:45 Greenwich Time:
I have come home the last two days absolutely exhausted... Those kids are wearing me out! Never again am I allowed to complain about student behavior in Charlotte - the kids here have them beat!! Ugh!

I had a conversation this morning about a certain class' behavior with their Head of Year. Do you know what he said to me? He said, "well, if you have them after lunch, that's when you pop in a video or give them a word puzzle to do!" So my smart ass said, "So if I have the class five times in a fortnight, and three of those lessons are after lunch, you want me to give them a word puzzle?! How are they supposed to learn?!" He blew me off with some comment about how, I'll learn... Prat! If I had wanted a job babysitting in the UK I would have applied for one of the many nanny positions I saw online!!

I tried an old trick that worked today in one of my crazy, after lunch classes. I can't say it will work EVERY time (they're smart and will catch on quickly), but at least they were slightly manageable today.

I got paid today and now I am trying to figure out how I want to spend my earnings - forget savings, my goal here is to do and see as much possible (and that takes £££)!! Maybe I'll spend the weekend in London. I'd be nice to pamper myself with a hotel room. Last night I started looking at Guided Tours through certain cities. I kept thinking about "Under the Tuscan Sun," but at least it would be a good way to see Italy or Greece on my own. I wouldn't go until spring, anyway, so it's something to think about...

The new girl will be here on Monday. She is driving from France... I hope she's cool.