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Hello interwebs! As you may be able to guess from the fact that I am posting here, I am procrastinating. Shocking, I know. I've also tidied up my inbox so that it only contains active threads and archived all the other shit I don't need. I'm actually in school today, being paid to keep an eye on a languages day that some Oxford Uni students are running, so that's pretty nice because I would be in school anyway to sort some stuff out. Although I have to say, it's pretty damn cold in here - I could really use my fleece, which is in my car. When are we going to get some nice weather, eh? I refuse to believe that last weekend was the only good weather we're getting this year!
I'm feeling quite good about the fact that it's nearly the end of the year. We've got our assessments in a couple of weeks and I think my class are going to show up as having made good progress, which is fab, especially as I've got them next year. I am so looking forward to the summer though. Having the new Dep Head and our current head of phase both in our team is getting a little wearing as they clash more and more - hopefully next year will be a bit more relaxed once they're on different teams. Plus I have my exciting Canadia-land holiday to look forward to! Must think about booking cars, hotels, etc for that! Wow, so much procrastination I could be doing :)
I'm feeling quite good about the fact that it's nearly the end of the year. We've got our assessments in a couple of weeks and I think my class are going to show up as having made good progress, which is fab, especially as I've got them next year. I am so looking forward to the summer though. Having the new Dep Head and our current head of phase both in our team is getting a little wearing as they clash more and more - hopefully next year will be a bit more relaxed once they're on different teams. Plus I have my exciting Canadia-land holiday to look forward to! Must think about booking cars, hotels, etc for that! Wow, so much procrastination I could be doing :)
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i miss you!
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hee, no, that's a wee bit far. when, though?
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hee! well, we're going to be at WDW from 9/25 to 10/5. :)
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*nod* we usually do WDW in late september to early october, since the food & wine festival usually starts the last weekend in september and their "free dining plan" promotion usually runs through to the last week in september. the trick is, as long as you CHECK IN on a day that the free dining promotion is good for, you get the free dining for your entire trip, so you can check in on the last day of free dining (as we're doing this round) and then F&W starts two or three days later.
not to mention, late sept is always beautiful weather (if you don't mind the daily rainstorm, but they usually blow over within like an hour so all you have to do is go find something to do inside for a bit, which is totally not a problem) and since it's just after school starts for the year, you've got a damn good chance of extremely low attendance: even people who'll take their kids out of school for a WDW vacation won't do it three or four weeks after school starts. it's definitely my favorite time of the year to go.
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aww. yeah, end of October is also pretty decent -- that's actually when we went last year and we were pretty happy with it! best part is, if you're there around halloween (we were) and staying at one of the hotels that have external walkways with windows looking out on the walkway, people decorate their windows like whoa. and if you're there on the day when they switch from halloween decorations to christmas decorations at the magic kingdom (usually a few days after halloween) it's kind of amazing: they do it overnight, within 8 hours or so. one day halloween, next day christmas lights, and THE ELVES DID IT OVERNIGHT.
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Anyway, good for you. Sorry you're cold - if only that little black kitten in your icon could curl up on your lap instead!
Which part of Canada do you get to visit?
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starting in Calgary and driving to Victoria to visit a friend - lots of spectacular scenery.
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what a great trip! i've taken the train across canada and loved every minute of it. we love victoria but don't get there often (even though it's pretty close) because it really is another country visit and all the details that entails. we don't think of it so much as another country, again because we are so close - just 3 hours drive up to seattle then a ferry ride up.
have a great time.
Calgary - Victoria
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