Current music: Merry Happy by Kate Nash

I finally found out how to put up pictures. The short answer: a flash drive and someone else's Internet connection. They will all gradually get up there.If I'm feeling really ambitious, I'll put captions.

My first and hopefully last PTA was on Tuesday night. It was an interesting experience to sit in front of a room full of parents of young children, most of whom do not speak English, and tell them what their tuition money is being spent on. Everything that I said had to be translated, which was hilarious in itself. But for the most part, as expected, the parents were extremely gracious to my face.

It's another experience to try to explain to a parent why her 3 year old child sometimes has trouble concentrating. The answer is because she's three. But parents that are paying money for pre-education can't hear that. So, I lie and say its based on external things.

I have to go pick up my BBQ tonight. I bought it from a nice couple who are leaving to go home to Canada. The wife is from Newfoundland and has been here for six years. It must be crazy to try to adapt to going back. I can't even think that far ahead yet.

Jump Start is taking a schoolwide field trip to the zoo next week. I think I am more excited than my kids are. I love zoos, and zoos here are probably three times as awesome.

I keep debating whether or not I should get a dog. Or whether or not I should catch a lizard to keep as a pet. There are lizards everywhere and I like them because they eat bugs...and bugs can sometimes be a problem. I haven't seen a giant spider yet, but Elyssa has. The lizards aren't as big as the ones in Costa Rica, but they are everywhere.

I have to come up with some ideas for my Christmas show. I am seriously considering writing something about Christmas hobgoblins, but I am completely sure that only my little brother would find that funny. The public speaking abilities of my children worry me.

The typhoon that hit here moved on to China where it killed seventy something people. I heard of only one death in Taiwan. I guess we got off easy, relatively speaking. The damage is still everywhere.

Thing I miss of the day: Ketchup chips. It seems all the chip flavors here are based on meat or fish products. Seriously. There are prawn flavored pringles and sushi flavored kettle chips.
Sidenote: Sonja showed me a fantastic sushi place that I'm going to live at.

I have nothing else to say.