Exam day

Gotta love exam day. Have 2 classes Mon-Wed. a 9.30-2 class and a 7.30-9.30 class and today is exam day for both. Which means that aside from explaining the exam I get to spend all lesson reading. Well, actually spent the 9.30-2 class marking their listening tests (which took about 2 seconds), planning for s stupid workshop we just had and then seeing how many words I could get out of supercalafragalisticexpealadocious. Unsurprisingly I managed to get rather a lot. So tonight will probably be much the same with me reading, drawing pretty pictures or possibly writing Kat another boredom letter. Depends how it all goes.
The class this morning all passed axcept for 1 and she never had a hope in Hades of passing anyway. What's somewhat annoying about the evening class is I have to come in tomorrow to mark the exam since I ain't staying here past 9.30. Somewhat unimpressed with this. Tomorrow is my Saturday. Saturday means sleeping til at least lunchtıme not getting up early to come in and mark stupid exams. Not impressed.
Have managed to do pretty much all xmas shoping so in theory will be sending prezzies in the next couple of weeks but not promising anything.
BTW, mum, any more photos of Annies party?

I survived

Since I'm sure everyone has been worried about my safety this is just a little post to let you all know that yes, I did manage to survive the earthquake on Saturday night - actually technically it happened at 4.30 in the morning but that's nor the point. Rather inconsiderate of Poseidon to send one at that time I thought. Since it took ages to get back to sleep I was not impressed. The quake lasted a grand total of about 2 seconds so it wasn't exactly a huge one and as far as I know there was no damage to anywhere - funny that.
People should probably sit down before reading this: today I walked to work. This achievement is somewhat impressive since a) meant I had to get up at 7am which is impressive by itself since I hate mornings b) takes just over an hour to walk to work from where I live (an hr of exercise, SO depressing) and c) since it's winter (or rather the weather can't decide if it's winter or still autumn so it's alternating) it's getting damn cold in the mornings now so not only did I walk for an hour but I walked for an hour in the cold. Actually the main reason I walked is because I have about $3 to last me til payday and can only afford to get the dolmush either to or from work but not both. Since I finish work at 9.30pm when it's dark damned if I'm walking home then so at least if I walk to work in the morning it's light. Might get the ticket bus to save money tonight instead of the dolmush but then have to wait for the stupid thing for ages or get the slow one. Not so good. Fortunately Wednesday is pay day. Actually can blame my family (both Olympic and mortal) for me having no money since I went to the Ankara Handicrafts Fair on the weekend and bought most of my xmas/bday presents for people. So, Kat, Kaz and co it's all your fault that I have no money.

Snow

Woke up this morning and there was snow! I like snow. At least I did until I had to walk for ages to get to a bus stop on the main road so I could have a hope in Tartarus of actually getting a bus. Usually I can go to the bus stop just up the road from my place but because of the snow and the fact that it's a Sunday there were few buses and all the ones that went past were either full or not going to the right stop. Grrr. So had to walk for about 10 minutes til I got a bus and by that stage my jeans were wet and my shoes had started getting water/snow in them. The joys of only having sneakers in winter. Therefore tomorrows mission is to go boot shoppıng and actually get me a decent pair of boots.
Have managed to get me 4 classes (this is good) but they're all E1s and don't know anything (this s bad)so have about 30 hrs a week plus more when I get extras so it's all good for money but Kat, looks like you'll have to come here because don't really have enough for the whole Rome thing. Unless you want to help pay for me, your favourite sister...? Am still looking into it but don't get your hopes up. Besides I've been to see you 3 times so it's your turn to come see me.
Nothing else is happening and it's freezing in the teachers room so I'm off home to my nice warm apartment where I plan to do nothing all night.