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**Cross-posted at Camping out with Tracy & Jack**

Oops! I neglected to write about this! I had forgotten how much I love tutoring. I met Eunice and Eugene (not their real names but if I ever have twins I may just need to torture them with those names – delightful!) on Wednesday and the 2 hours flew by. They are both very excited about their new lives in Canada. Eugene was quick to show me the practice puck he managed to nab when he saw the Canadians win over the Bruins in game 6 (maybe he should have brought his luck along with him and attended game 7…) and said that he couldn’t wait to learn how to play hockey. Eunice was bubbling over with the French words she already knows, though she was always quick to remind me that she doesn’t understand it all that much.

I’ve been to them now 3 times and they really are a delight to work with. I thought that an hour would be too long for little Eunice who is 6 but actually the time allows me to be generous with the few minutes of downtime she needs between the reinforcing and learning of new concepts.

Yesterday I was tired and just wanted to lie on the couch with my little Jacky Boy in my arms but once I got to their house I was fine. I guess this is good practice for September when I will be (hopefully) working full time.

Leading from the Heart was forced to take a little rest by our hosting company.

Never fear! I’ll be back up and running shortly (well, maybe not so shortly as I’m in the process of mining through 4 years worth of a MySQL database to try to locate my posts).

As a result of the MySQL mess, I have decided to try FlatPress, which doesn’t use a database, saves everything in text files. For my needs, it is certainly robust enough.

I tried it but wanted to modify the theme design and decided that I didn’t want to learn how to do so with a new platform. Maybe one day when I’m not nursing a 2 month old every 2 hours :)

In the meantime, Come see what I’m up to at Camping Out with Tracy & Jack.

I’m looking forward to seeing you there!

I’m 28 weeks pregnant and along with that comes clumsiness – apparently brought on by the hormone Relaxin, destined to allow the uterus and all its accessories to ‘relax’ and stretch but extends itself to relax all of the body’s accessories. The clumsiness manifested itself in broken toes as I walked over into the wooden baby gate that allows the cats easy escape to the bathroom where big bad Toby (dog) can’t get at them.

I’m our school’s core French teacher, which means I don’t have a classroom. I walk from class to class. So this big body is being maneuvered by my mangled paw.

Who would’ve thought a toe break could hurt so much?

Ok. There’s my vent for the day.
Have a good one, all.

This is my first September in a rural school. In the city, one drop of rain means indoor recess. One drop of rain had the kids (and teachers :) heading indoors.

During recess today, it began to rain, The kids all continued playing as if nothing had changed: soccer games went uninterrupted, swings were still swinging, and boys were still chasing girls in the primary yard. As I went out to replace the teacher on duty she passed me her raincoat, “you may need this,” she remarked. I shrug it on and went out to watch the kids as they played in the rain.