Real life update / Murder for Fun

[estepheia]

Just a veeery quick update.
On Thursday Writers Ink organized an Open Mic. Seven of my students came and read texts, a handful of people from the Deutsch-Englische Gesellschaft came as well - and they wrote their first haiku ever. Apart from the fact that most of the Writers Ink members (except for shatten) failed to make an appearance (*grits teeth*), it was a nice evening. Afterwards we watched Firefly with two of our friends. Both are utterly hooked. *chuckles evilly*
My course is almost finished. Only two more sessions. My students are giving me very favorable feedback. I have to write a lengthy report now - to justify my continued employment, I guess. Grrr, I hate writing things "official".

Mr. E and my friend S. dyed my hair today. It's now dark like an eggplant. Looks good. Hubby also gave me a footrub. He's the best, and so is S.

Yesterday, the kids recieved their half-term grades. Tina has pretty good grades, I think. Not spectacular, but good. Mostly B's, two A's (music and sports), and a glowing report on her social conduct. Since she's good at music, she will take flute lessons from now on. We bought a new flute today.

Hubby, S. and several friends went to a Murder Mystery Dinner - a prequel to the famous Dinner for One that's always showing on Telly on New Years Eve. It was hilarious. I had a very silly but enjoyable crush on the actor who played Mr. Pommeroy, who was as camp as a row of pink tentsvery gay. Last year we saw a different Murder Mystery with the same cast, and I had the same crush then. Color me beetred. The play was great, and the food divine.
When I asked the actor-who-played-Mr. Pommeroy if I could keep the laminated game-rules, he said, not really, but I should just nick it, but not to quote him in front of his colleagues. :-)
And now I have to go to bed because in less than 3 hours I have to get up again, pack my stuff and off we go to Düsseldorf. Hubby and Tina dance in a tournament.
Toodles. :-)

Comments

[babyotto.livejournal.com]

Fun :)

They've started showing Dinner for One on New Year's Eve here, too. I just love it - tape it every year and mr babyotto sits, bemused, while I giggle my way through the whole thing.

[aayesha-r.livejournal.com]

I hope Tina enjoys the flute. My daughter just started playing flute this year, and she likes it more than the piano lessons she also takes. I think that's because she plays flute in school with a band class as well as her lessons at home. She's social, and likes music she can play with people rather than performing for them.

What she really wanted was to play percussion, starting with an instrument they call bells, which is like a small xylophone, then moving on to snare drum. While I am willing to listen to flute lessons, I didn't want to have to live with a drummer. *g* Flute was a compromise, but it's working out.

[shapinglight]

You sound so busy!

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