watch out for the poop volcano

What comes to mind????

I feel as though that title needs a little explaining...so in the mail the other day we get this later stating that there will be some work being done on the sewage system which could cause a minor inconvenience, however they suggested that we make sure the lid of our toilet was weighted down for 3 months! Just incase they had to pressurize the system and well you can figure out the rest. We found it rather hilarious that their classification of a minor inconvenience would be a resulting poop volcano.  I've decided to start practicing putting the weight on the toilet seat in the off chance that I forget when the work starts.  However they did say there was a very minor chance of that occurring, HOWEVER I don't think we should test it.

So I've survived my first week of placement.  The children in my class are lovely and I think we are getting along fairly well.  There are about 10 of us at this particular school so there's a lot of support.  I am having a hard time remembering that I have an accent and they I need to slow myself down when talking to the class because they have a hard time understanding me.  Other than that though things are going wonderful.  I teach my first lesson on Monday, it's a small group guided reading lesson and then Tuesday I'll be teaching a guided writing lesson.  It's all very exciting and just zooming by really.  I've got 4 more weeks at this school and by the end of that I should be teaching for an entire day...EEEKKK I'll have to keep you posted and let you know how it's going.  

I'm still swamped with assignments as well...but they are slowly coming together which is nice.  We've actually all been given extensions for most of them, however I've chosen not to take them because I want to get them done and over with so I can focus all of my attention on my students. So I should get back at it, keep commenting we love reading them! 

x

Amy 

Oh, it seems it's that time already

Well I just did last weeks tip of the week and to stop having to play catch up all the time, you get a special double dose this week.

"Never put a closed laptop on the ground in front of the couch"

Yes, it seems so simple I know, but it can happen and the consequences are quite easy to imagine.

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Tip of last week

I realized that I put a tip of the week up and never followed it up with another, so in the hopes that I practice what I preach.

"Always follow up on the things you set out to do"

Disclaimer: This tip should be taken lightly and should not be applied to all situations.  If you set out to dropkick the pizza delivery man in the chest because he is late for you pizza and you don't follow up on it, that's ok.

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Brand new iPhone

I can't remember if I posted about this or not, but my iPhone's vibrating function stopped working, so I called them up and explained the problem and they said that I could send them in my phone and they would send me out a new one. 

6 business days after sending it in, a shiny new one appeared in the mail.  I am still very impressed with the customer service that Apple provides.

Well that's enough on that.  Amy started school today, teaching a whole slew of little gaffers (Grade 2's).  She is now Miss Foster!

I am continuing to work, there is a lot of work right now, so that's good.  My neighbour just left the place that I'm working at to go work at a vineyard.  He wants to stay in Australia for a 2nd year (He's from England) and if you do 3 months working on a vineyard or farm or something like that you can extend your working holiday visa.

I may do this as well, not to extend my visit, but to leave the option to come back on the same type of visa, it doesn't have to be an immediate extender, I could postpone it 5 years, so I might do that to leave the option open.  It's been 3 months (almost) since I've been working at the party hire place, which means I only have 3 months more that I can work there.  It is a stipulation of my visa that I can only work for a single company for a maximum of 6 months. 

So, we'll see what sort of farm jobs might be available in their winter, but it's not a necessity that that happens, we shall see. 

I could always move to a rival party hire company and sell all their secrets.

Disclaimer:  I, Jesse Wootton have no intention of selling company secrets, the above was meant as a joke only.

Thought I would add that, it is the internet after all, even if only a select few know this blog exists.

For those of you wanting more pictures and videos just be patient, there are some i have and some i wish to take, but we're quite busy.  However, any specific requests for pictures and videos will be taken into account.

I fear that I may start rambling now  (haha start..)

yeah, until next time

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Been a while

Sorry there hasn't been an update in a while, but things have been going pretty quickly recently with little to update.  Amy's been really busy with school and I've been working, not much time for too much else right now.  Amy starts teaching grade 2's on monday, she's really excited.  My work is starting to get really busy and I should have a tough week next week.  I fixed the window that I broke, don't know if anyone knew I had broken it, but I had and we had just boarded it up for about a month, but I fixed it yesterday because there is a routine inspection coming of the apartment to make sure we didn't ruin the place.

Get in your last weeks of skiing everyone, I'm jealous

Jesse

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it had to be done...

It had to be done, our trip to Australia wouldn't be complete without trying Vegemite, Marmite, and Promite me for the first time and Jesse for his second.  Prepared for us by our neighbours in what they think is the best way to eat Vegemite.  Tones of butter on a rice cracker with a little bit of Vegemite.  Now I must say it wasn't horrible...or well the Vegemite and Promite were okay but the Marmite was just awful! I do think however that the amount of butter might have had something to do with the 'okay' taste.  For those of you who don't know Vegemite is the Australia version of Peanut Butter only salty like Soy Sauce.  Marmite is the English version of Vegemite, and Promite is just a variation of Vegemite, but they all have one thing in common...SALT If your a salt lover then maybe it's for you, personally I don't think I could ever eat it as much as I eat Peanut Butter, but I'd probably have some again if the opportunity arose.  Jesse on the other hand didn't seem to enjoy them very much.  The kids in my school day after day each Vegemite sandwiches just like the kids at home eat Peanut Butter sandwiches day after day.  I suppose however with Vegemite you don't have to worry about peanut allergies so much, just the effects that much salt is having on your health. 

 Oh well I suppose to each his own...

X

iPhone Troubles

We updated the software on Amy's iPhone and the Wifi stopped working.  I tried everything to get it back working and the only thing that worked was to put it in the freezer for 10 minutes.  I don't know why that worked, but it was only a temporary fix.

I decided to call Apple since it is under warranty and after only about a 5 minute conversation, they agreed to ship out a brand new phone with a return box to send the faulty one back in.

Unfortunately that came with a $35 charge, but that's only because they ship out the new phone first.  It would have been free if we had shipped the faulty one out first, but then Amy would have been phoneless for a week.

Jesse

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an update on my crazy life...

Hi everyone 

I just thought I'd write a short message letting everyone know what I have been up to in the last little while. So most of my time is being spent doing school work...it just seems to be piling up on me, 6 assignments due in the next months so I may not be keeping up to date with the blog so I apologize for that now. (however I will make sure Jesse keeps you all updated)   So here's a crazy little tidbit...in a week I shall be in schools teaching for 25 days, the time has just passed so quickly I can hardly believe it.  To be honest that's about all I have been up to lately...hmm hopefully my next post will be a little bit more exciting for you.   I shall be getting back to work now.  

love you all and miss you all so much 

X 

Tip of the week

Always keep at least one beer in the fridge. If you want a second, put it in the freezer when you take out the first and it will be cold when you're ready for it.

We are very safe from the Bush fires

Hi all,

Just to let everyone know, we are in no danger from the bush fires that have ravaged Victoria.  Geelong does not have enough vegetation surrounding it to be in any danger of these types of fires.

The news is just peppered with this story right now, it's terrible what's going on, there are 126 deaths as of now and it's expected to get higher.

This is a terrible disaster, but we are not in the danger zone.

Just thought I would let you all know so that some may not worry.

Jesse

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Back to reality

The Australian Open is over and it's back to real life, well atleast back to being awesome in Australia.  Back to work as the erection specialist, although work has been a little slow recently (insert innappropriate joke here).  It's supposed to speed up soon which would be good because Amy is getting really busy at school and we need the money.  I have to work this Saturday fortunately/unfortunately, so I don't know what awesome adventures will happen, I'm sure we'll find something.

That crazy heat wave has passed us, but apparently more are on the way.  Guess the possum saw his shadow, haha.  I heard Wiarton Willie did as well, so we truly are in the bizarro world.

Nothing much more to update all of you one, oh, but I mention again that if you post a comment, could you please identify yourself.  Amy and I have been trying to figure out the anonymous poster from the previous posts for a while now.

We really do enjoy reading everyones comments, so keep them coming.

Cheers

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A match that didn't disappoint

If you do not wish know the final as you have taped it or something, do not read any further

What a match it was, the intensity inside Rod Laver Arena was unbelievable.  Rod Lave himself was there on the 40th anniversary of his Grand Slam year.

The match started off a little slow, both players were a little tight and there were a few unforced errors from each side which resulted in them trading breaks of serve to start the match.  Roger had a difficult 1st set, but picked it up in the 2nd to take it 6-3.  The third set was as momentum swinging as ever and when Federer was up 40-0 on Nadal's serve, which would have let him serve for the set, I though he had it in the bag, but Nadal reached down and came up with some big serves and great shots to save the three break points.  He ended up taking the 3rd in a tie break.  The 4th set saw Federer almost lose it and it what was definitely the game of the match, federer saved a ton of break points to hold his serve at a vital point in the set.  He took the 3rd 6-3 as well, giving the fans what they wanted, a 5th and decisive set.  Nadal took it 6-2 in the final set, which saw Federer hit many unforced errors.  The set was not without exceptional shots however and the intensity level never festered.  You could see the toll the 4 hours plus was having on the players, going for winners much earlier in points forcing out a few more unforced errors.  The final game was a disapointing end to a fantastic match, but Nada was just too good for Federer.  Federer served up a double fault at a terrible time, which forced him to save two Championship points.  With those two saved, the momentum seemd to swing a little and the Federer fans could almost see him come back and break Nadal's, but on a critical deuce point, a fan yelled "out" on one of Federer's shots on the baseline which cause Roger to stop playing the point in an effort to challenge the call.  The linesman had called it in and Federer's objections to the ref were to no avail, bringing up another Championship point.  Federer, no doubt rattled by the extreme bad luck and terrible fan conduct, ironically hit a groundstroke long to nearly the same spot that the previous shot had been called out by the fan.

Nadal collapsed to the court taking his first slam on a hard court.

In a ceremony that saw Rod Laver himself dole out the trophies, an emotional Roger Federer had thanked his fans for the support and before he walked away, seemed to throw the gauntlet at Nadal with his words "I'll see you here next year".

There's not much more to say other than this was an amazing match and we were so lucky to have been able to go and see sports history as this match will no doubt go down as the best final in the last two decades.  The last final match to go to 5 sets was back in 1988 over 20 years ago. 

We've got some videos and tons of pictures of the match that once I have organized them, I will share them with all of you.

Cheers

Jesse

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Taken it to a fifth set....

The intensity level just rose to a whole nother level!!

Men's singles final, live from rod laver arena

"the match made in heaven"

Let's go federer!!