Tuesday 14^th November, 2017 2200

By God it was hard to separate teaching on east campus from Peili on Monday. I did though and even managed to have a McMuffin breakfast after class one. I really do hate the the extended break that is too short to actually go home even by paying for a taxi and too long for anything else. And too noisy to doze in a chair – I can hardly demand, nor would I, that students cease practising piano on Mondays just for me! I can but hope whoever they are actually improve because most sound like Les Dawson!

In the afternoon class Stuart Little froze after 13 minutes, thankfully it was more or less end of lesson anyway because a reboot would have been needed. It worked in the morning, so why not in the afternoon?

I found out today when I tried to check on my laptop. Infected. I also learnt the particular computer I was on in school at the time is connected to the internet. I need to find out how to disconnect before showing films as Avast deleted the film from my stick and I had to reinstal.

Tonight I had Annie for dinner but lately she seems to come as a job lot with Victoria/Stephanie. Apparently Stephanie has not stopped talking about my cooking since she last tried it, in fact “raving” was how Annie put it. It ain't that good but I suppose when you are young and with a stipend of a miserable 1900y a month, it is cordon bleu! They surely are condemned to the subsidised school canteen. Not somewhere I frequent.

So tonight I made baked mashed potatoes with wells for eggs, bacon, cheese, sage on top and baked beans on the side. For a first time experiment I was delighted – I actually got the egg whites cooked and the yolks still runny – not bad considering it was all baked in the oven! Oh and the best bit? BHG had proper potatoes!!! REAL mash!

Tomorrow is going to be interesting.

I have the Peili grasses to teach.

Having had a week to stew and mull things over, I am going for the guilt/sympathy closes. Had I taught them last Friday it would have been the angry approach because I was livid. I am still angry but I now intend to make them feel so guilty at my abject disappointment that I may actually get them begging for the fun parts of my class to be reinstated. Not just for them either, if I do that then I have to actually teach two full periods every time and if that happens then it will be goodbye to Peili campus, maybe also this university. Find another job time.

That would scupper any plans I currently have for next summer because I got caught out last time. I really do want to take Joan to the UK and if she doesn't go I want it to be her fault and not mine.

Tomorrow is going to be enlightening.